gehäkelt

[ɡəˈhɛːkl̩t]

/[ɡəˈhɛːkl̩t]/ adj

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The verdict

“gehäkelt” is uncommon German (frequency #70,297 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,297
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Hilfe einer Häkelnadel zu zusammenhängenden Maschen verknüpft

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehakelt · gehäkelt · German

gehäkelt · rank #70,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,297
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gegentoren

Nearest frequency peer: Gegentoren (-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 „gehäkelt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gehäkelt
PropertyValue
Headwordgehäkelt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈhɛːkl̩t]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,297
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gehäkelt“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).gehäkeltfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gegentoren“ (#70,296), „Geiselhaft“ (#70,298), „Gegenstimme“ (#70,295). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gehäkelt“ bei #70,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gehäkelt is uncommon German at frequency #70,297 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈhɛːkl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Hilfe einer Häkelnadel zu zusammenhängenden Maschen verknüpft".

gehäkelt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gehäkelt, spelled G-E-H-Ä-K-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Hilfe einer Häkelnadel zu zusammenhängenden Maschen verknüpft

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gehäkelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Eine Weile stand er auf einem kleinen, gehäkelten Teppich davor, dann schob er sanft die Tür zu.“

This word in other languages

crocheted(English)

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 "gehäkelt"?
"gehäkelt" is spelled G-E-H-Ä-K-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhɛːkl̩t].
What does "gehäkelt" mean?
As an adjective, "gehäkelt" means: mit Hilfe einer Häkelnadel zu zusammenhängenden Maschen verknüpft
How do you pronounce "gehäkelt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gehäkelt" is [ɡəˈhɛːkl̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gemauert#70,302gesalzen#70,313Freyburg#70,277handelst#70,356

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list