festhielten

[ˈfɛstˌhiːltn̩]

/[ˈfɛstˌhiːltn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“festhielten” is uncommon German (frequency #87,687 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,687
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-festhielten · festhielten · German

festhielten · rank #87,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,687
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Feldpost

Nearest frequency peer: Feldpost (-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 „festhielten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for festhielten
PropertyValue
Headwordfesthielten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɛstˌhiːltn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,687
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „festhielten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).festhieltenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Feldpost“ (#87,686), „Feuersturm“ (#87,688), „Feigenbaum“ (#87,685). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festhielten“ bei #87,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

festhielten is uncommon German at frequency #87,687 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌhiːltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

festhielten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is festhielten, spelled F-E-S-T-H-I-E-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten

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 "festhielten"?
"festhielten" is spelled F-E-S-T-H-I-E-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌhiːltn̩].
What does "festhielten" mean?
As a verb, "festhielten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs festhalten
How do you pronounce "festhielten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festhielten" is [ˈfɛstˌhiːltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festhielten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Firmenchefs#87,692ertragreich#87,662erdrückende#87,650Entomologie#87,646

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list