haarsträubend

[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩t]

/[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩t]/ adj

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The verdict

“haarsträubend” is uncommon German (frequency #85,338 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,338
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jegliche Erwartung/Vernunft verletzend

Corpus desk

Index DE-haarstraubend · haarsträubend · German

haarsträubend · rank #85,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,338
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Haberer

Nearest frequency peer: Haberer (+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 „haarsträubend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for haarsträubend
PropertyValue
Headwordhaarsträubend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩t]
Letters13
Frequency rank#85,338
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „haarsträubend“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).haarsträubendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Haberer“ (#85,339), „Hallenturnier“ (#85,341), „Haltepunkte“ (#85,342). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „haarsträubend“ bei #85,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

haarsträubend is uncommon German at frequency #85,338 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jegliche Erwartung/Vernunft verletzend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for haarsträubend, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is haarsträubend, spelled H-A-A-R-S-T-R-Ä-U-B-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    jegliche Erwartung/Vernunft verletzend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Er glänzte bei geselligen Anlässen gerne mit haarsträubenden Anekdoten und hatte schon bald den Ruf weg, ein vorzüglicher Erzähler und großartiger Spaßvogel zu sein.“

Antonyms

glaubhaftglaubwürdig

This word in other languages

ahurissant(Français)

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 "haarsträubend"?
"haarsträubend" is spelled H-A-A-R-S-T-R-Ä-U-B-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩t].
What does "haarsträubend" mean?
As an adjective, "haarsträubend" means: jegliche Erwartung/Vernunft verletzend
How do you pronounce "haarsträubend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haarsträubend" is [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haarsträubend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hallenturnier#85,341Gottvertrauen#85,316Hoheitsrechte#85,380Gesichtsfarbe#85,294

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list