abhärten
[ˈapˌhɛʁtn̩]
The verdict
“abhärten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an missliche äußere Bedingungen gewöhnen und dadurch widerstandsfähig machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abharten · abhärten · German
abhärten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abhärten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌhɛʁtn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abhärten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abhärten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌhɛʁtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an missliche äußere Bedingungen gewöhnen und dadurch widerstandsfähig machen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abhärten, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is abhärten, spelled A-B-H-Ä-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1an missliche äußere Bedingungen gewöhnen und dadurch widerstandsfähig machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abhärten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eisschwimmen ist eine, wenn auch eher unkonventionelle Art, sich und sein Immunsystem abzuhärten.“
„Oft lohnt es sich, die Jungpflanzen schon zaghaft darauf vorzubereiten und sie entsprechend abzuhärten.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.