einhauen
[ˈaɪ̯nˌhaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“einhauen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - eine Oberfläche kaputtmachen und damit etwas (zum Beispiel eine Fensterscheibe) zerstören
Corpus desk
Index DE-einhauen · einhauen · German
einhauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | einhauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌhaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einhauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einhauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌhaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for einhauen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is einhauen, spelled E-I-N-H-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Oberfläche kaputtmachen und damit etwas (zum Beispiel eine Fensterscheibe) zerstören
- 2jemanden oder etwas mit Schlägen bearbeiten/traktieren
- 3etwas mit Schlägen in eine Oberfläche hineintreiben (zum Beispiel einen Nagel in ein Brett oder eine Gravur in einen Stein)
- 4mit gutem Appetit viel essen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einhauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pass auf, sonst haust du ihm noch den Schädel ein!
Pascal haute immer wieder auf den am Boden liegenden ein.
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.