Haarschopf
[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃɔp͡f]
The verdict
“Haarschopf” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das gesamte (dichte) Kopfhaar (meist eines Menschen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-haarschopf · Haarschopf · German
Haarschopf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haarschopf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haarschopf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haarschopf is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃɔp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Haarschopf, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Haarschopf, spelled H-A-A-R-S-C-H-O-P-F.
Definition
- 1das gesamte (dichte) Kopfhaar (meist eines Menschen)
- 2Bündel, Büschel von Haaren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Haarschopf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Plötzlich erkannte ich auf den obersten Stufen einen Haarschopf – ebenso wirr und leuchtend wie jener andere Haarschopf, den ich vor drei Wochen unter der Erde hatte verschwinden sehen.“
„Da erwachte Jón Hreggvidsson plötzlich aus seiner Betäubung, guckte nicht mehr durch die Maueröffnung, steckte die Finger in seinen Haarschopf unter dem Hut und juckte sich.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.