Haarspange
[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpaŋə]
The verdict
“Haarspange” 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) - Gegenstand aus festem Material, um damit Haare zu fixieren/festzustellen, der zugleich oft auch als Schmuck dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-haarspange · Haarspange · German
Haarspange · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Haarspange |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpaŋə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haarspange“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haarspange is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃpaŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gegenstand aus festem Material, um damit Haare zu fixieren/festzustellen, der zugleich oft auch als Schmuck dient".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Haarspange, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Haarspange, spelled H-A-A-R-S-P-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Gegenstand aus festem Material, um damit Haare zu fixieren/festzustellen, der zugleich oft auch als Schmuck dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Haarspange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In einer Pause jedenfalls kam Tatiana, begleitet von ihren getreuen Vasallinnen, zu uns herübergeschwebt, während ich auf einer Steinkante auf dem Schulhof saß und in mein Forschungsheft zeichnete und Milena daneben im Sand spielte und mir von der neuen Haarspange erzählte, die Amalia ihr gekauft hatte.“
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.