gehärtet

[ɡəˈhɛʁtət]

/[ɡəˈhɛʁtət]/ verb

The verdict

“gehärtet” is uncommon German (frequency #74,604 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,604
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs härten

Corpus desk

Index DE-gehartet · gehärtet · German

gehärtet · rank #74,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,604
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geisha

Nearest frequency peer: Geisha (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “gehärtet”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “gehärtet” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gehärtet
PropertyValue
Headwordgehärtet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈhɛʁtət]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “gehärtet” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gehärtetliegt hier:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Geisha“ (#74,605), „gehaltener“ (#74,602), „Geistesblitz“ (#74,606). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gehärtet is uncommon German at frequency #74,604 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈhɛʁtət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs härten".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gehärtet, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gehärtet, spelled G-E-H-Ä-R-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs härten

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 "gehärtet"?
"gehärtet" is spelled G-E-H-Ä-R-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈhɛʁtət].
What does "gehärtet" mean?
As a verb, "gehärtet" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs härten
How do you pronounce "gehärtet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gehärtet" is [ɡəˈhɛʁtət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gehärtet" come from?
"gehärtet" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list