Fingerhut
[ˈfɪŋɐˌhuːt]
The verdict
“Fingerhut” is uncommon German (frequency #68,217 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,217
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schutz für den Finger gegen Verletzungen, die im Verlauf des Nähens entstehen könnten
Corpus desk
Index DE-fingerhut · Fingerhut · German
Fingerhut · rank #68,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,217
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Finanzbehörde
Nearest frequency peer: Finanzbehörde (-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 „Fingerhut“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- filmisch
filmisch
31,786 corpus weight
- Finanzbehör…
Finanzbehörde
31,785 corpus weight
- Fingerhut
Fingerhut
31,784 corpus weight
- fishing
fishing
31,783 corpus weight
- Fleischwurst
Fleischwurst
31,782 corpus weight
- flitzen
flitzen
31,780 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fingerhut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fingerhut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪŋɐˌhuːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fingerhut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fingerhut is uncommon German at frequency #68,217 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪŋɐˌhuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Fingerhut in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fingerhut, spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-H-U-T.
Definition
- 1Schutz für den Finger gegen Verletzungen, die im Verlauf des Nähens entstehen könnten
- 2eine Gattung der Familie der Wegerichgewächse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fingerhut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fingerhüte sind heutzutage begehrte Sammlerstücke.
„Sarah hatte tatsächlich ebenjenen Silberschmied geheiratet, der unsere Namen in den Fingerhut graviert hatte!“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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