Den Haag
[deːn ˈhaːk]
The verdict
“Den Haag” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. 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) - Stadt in den Niederlanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-haag · Den Haag · German
Den Haag · 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 "D" 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 | Den Haag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [deːn ˈhaːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Den Haag“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Den Haag is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [deːn ˈhaːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in den Niederlanden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Den Haag in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Den Haag, spelled D-E-N- -H-A-A-G.
Definition
- 1Stadt in den Niederlanden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Den Haag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Tat ist die UN-Justiz in Den Haag mittlerweile drei Mal vertreten: Die größten Schlagzeilen hat in den letzten Jahren das Kriegsverbrecher-Tribunal für Ex-Jugoslawien (ICTY) gemacht.
„Zu dieser besonderen Gelegenheit hatte sich Den Haag ordentlich herausgeputzt wie eine höhere Tochter, die sich für einen Tanztee am Sonntagnachmittag feinmacht.“
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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.