einhaken

[ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]

/[ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“einhaken” is uncommon German (frequency #91,511 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,511
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas über einen Haken ziehen/legen und es so befestigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-einhaken · einhaken · German

einhaken · rank #91,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,511
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH eingefleischt…

Nearest frequency peer: eingefleischten (-1 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 „einhaken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for einhaken
PropertyValue
Headwordeinhaken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „einhaken“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.einhakenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „eingefleischten“ (#91,510), „einjährig“ (#91,512), „einfacherer“ (#91,509). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „einhaken“ bei #91,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

einhaken is uncommon German at frequency #91,511 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

einhaken has no tracked misspelling variants, 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is einhaken, spelled E-I-N-H-A-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas über einen Haken ziehen/legen und es so befestigen
  2. 2
    den Arm mit dem Arm einer weiteren Person verschränken, während man nebeneinander geht
  3. 3
    als Anlass nehmen, etwas zu sagen oder zu tun

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Spiralfeder wird gespannt und jedes Ende in die entsprechende Öse eingehakt.
  2. Es ist glatt, Oma, komm, hak dich bei mir ein!

Antonyms

aushaken

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 "einhaken"?
"einhaken" is spelled E-I-N-H-A-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩].
What does "einhaken" mean?
As a verb, "einhaken" means: etwas über einen Haken ziehen/legen und es so befestigen
How do you pronounce "einhaken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einhaken" is [ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einhaken" come from?
"einhaken" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dortiger#91,486Erdkugel#91,536ertrinke#91,549Erzstift#91,551

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list