Angelhaken
[ˈaŋl̩ˌhaːkn̩]
The verdict
“Angelhaken” is uncommon German (frequency #93,934 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,934
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gekrümmtes Metallteilchen am Ende der Angelschnur befestigt, um damit Fische zu fangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-angelhaken · Angelhaken · German
Angelhaken · rank #93,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,934
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH angenäht
Nearest frequency peer: angenäht (+2 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Angelhaken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Amputationen
Amputationen
6,072 corpus weight
- amüsiere
amüsiere
6,070 corpus weight
- Angelhaken
Angelhaken
6,067 corpus weight
- angenäht
angenäht
6,065 corpus weight
- angrenzt
angrenzt
6,064 corpus weight
- angular
angular
6,063 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Angelhaken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angelhaken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaŋl̩ˌhaːkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Angelhaken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Angelhaken is uncommon German at frequency #93,934 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaŋl̩ˌhaːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gekrümmtes Metallteilchen am Ende der Angelschnur befestigt, um damit Fische zu fangen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Angelhaken in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Angelhaken, spelled A-N-G-E-L-H-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1gekrümmtes Metallteilchen am Ende der Angelschnur befestigt, um damit Fische zu fangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Angelhaken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er befestigte einen Köder am Angelhaken und warf die Schnur aus.
„Das Wort Häme (von ahd. ‚hamo’) bedeutet ursprünglich Angelhaken, Angelrute. Es hat mit dem ‚Hamen’ zu tun, einem Fangnetz mit Stiel […], das zum Fischefangen dient.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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