draufhaben

/[ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌhaːbn̩]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#92,784

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

draufhaben is aGermanverb. It means: etwas (sehr gut) können, beherrschen, gelernt haben Pronounced [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌhaːbn̩].

Key facts for draufhaben
PropertyValue
Headworddraufhaben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌhaːbn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,784
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of draufhaben in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for draufhaben is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌhaːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,784 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for draufhaben in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is draufhaben, spelled D-R-A-U-F-H-A-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas (sehr gut) können, beherrschen, gelernt haben
  2. 2
    (ein Fahrzeug) mit einer bestimmten Geschwindigkeit fahren

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #92,784 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "draufhaben"?
"draufhaben" is spelled D-R-A-U-F-H-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌhaːbn̩].
What does "draufhaben" mean?
As a verb, "draufhaben" means: etwas (sehr gut) können, beherrschen, gelernt haben
How do you pronounce "draufhaben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "draufhaben" is [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌhaːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "draufhaben" come from?
"draufhaben" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.