Grabhügel
[ˈɡʁaːpˌhyːɡl̩]
The verdict
“Grabhügel” is uncommon German (frequency #67,281 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,281
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erdaufschüttung über einer Grabstelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-grabhugel · Grabhügel · German
Grabhügel · rank #67,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,281
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gouverneure
Nearest frequency peer: Gouverneure (-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 „Grabhügel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gleichsetzt
gleichsetzt
32,724 corpus weight
- Gouverneure
Gouverneure
32,721 corpus weight
- Grabhügel
Grabhügel
32,720 corpus weight
- Granat
Granat
32,719 corpus weight
- grollen
grollen
32,718 corpus weight
- grottenschl…
grottenschlecht
32,716 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grabhügel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grabhügel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁaːpˌhyːɡl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grabhügel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grabhügel is uncommon German at frequency #67,281 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁaːpˌhyːɡl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erdaufschüttung über einer Grabstelle".
Grabhügel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Grabhügel, spelled G-R-A-B-H-Ü-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Erdaufschüttung über einer Grabstelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grabhügel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So finden wir kleine Grabhügel von etwa 1 bis 2 m Höhe und einem Durchmesser von 10 bis 20 m, aber auch sogenannte Fürstengräber mit mehr als 100 m Durchmesser und einer Höhe von über 10 m.“
„Er wollte einen kleineren machen, der besser zum Grabhügel gepaßt hätte, aber selbst für Billy konnte er keine besondere Form herstellen und mußte die normale benutzen.“
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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