engelhaft
[ˈɛŋl̩haft]
The verdict
“engelhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wie ein Engel, einem Engel ähnelnd
Corpus desk
Index DE-engelhaft · engelhaft · German
engelhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | engelhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋl̩haft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „engelhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
engelhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛŋl̩haft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wie ein Engel, einem Engel ähnelnd".
engelhaft has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 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 engelhaft, spelled E-N-G-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1wie ein Engel, einem Engel ähnelnd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how engelhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Denn er konnte nicht anders, er musste die Klaue dieses verderblichen Götzenbildes berühren, obgleich, wie er sagte, engelhafte Stimmen ihn zurückzuhalten suchten.“
„Aufgrund des Mitgefühls der Geschworenen für einen fehlgeleiteten Jugendlichen mit einem engelhaften Auftreten wird Hamal für nicht schuldig befunden.“
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.