Berghang

[ˈbɛʁkˌhaŋ]

/[ˈbɛʁkˌhaŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Berghang” is uncommon German (frequency #88,695 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,695
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hang an einem Berg

Corpus desk

Index DE-berghang · Berghang · German

Berghang · rank #88,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,695
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beobachtenden

Nearest frequency peer: beobachtenden (-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 „Berghang“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Berghang“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Berghang
PropertyValue
HeadwordBerghang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɛʁkˌhaŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,695
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Berghang“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Berghangfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beobachtenden“ (#88,693), „Berufskollegen“ (#88,697), „benoten“ (#88,692). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Berghang“ bei #88,695. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Berghang is uncommon German at frequency #88,695 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛʁkˌhaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hang an einem Berg".

Zero misspellings are on record for Berghang in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Berghang, spelled B-E-R-G-H-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hang an einem Berg

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Berghang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Da lag den Berghang hinauf ein Dorf.“
  2. „Dann lege ich das Magazin weg, stehe auf, gehe ans Fenster und schaue hinaus auf den stillen Fjord und den Berghang auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite.“

Synonyms

Bergeshang

This word in other languages

mountain(English)ladera(Español)versant(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Berghang"?
"Berghang" is spelled B-E-R-G-H-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɛʁkˌhaŋ].
What does "Berghang" mean?
As a noun, "Berghang" means: Hang an einem Berg
How do you pronounce "Berghang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Berghang" is [ˈbɛʁkˌhaŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Berghang" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Berghang", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

betenden#88,702bewaldet#88,706Blutspur#88,717archivio#88,644

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list