einhaken

/[ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#91,511

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

einhaken is aGermanverb. It means: etwas über einen Haken ziehen/legen und es so befestigen Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩].

Key facts for einhaken
PropertyValue
Headwordeinhaken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for einhaken is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nˌhaːkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #91,511 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for einhaken 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 einhaken, spelled E-I-N-H-A-K-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 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

Antonyms

Frequency rank: #91,511 in German

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 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.