haarsträubende

[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩də]

/[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩də]/ adj

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The verdict

“haarsträubende” is uncommon German (frequency #73,579 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,579
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend

Corpus desk

Index DE-haarstraubende · haarsträubende · German

haarsträubende · rank #73,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,579
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Haaransatz

Nearest frequency peer: Haaransatz (-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 „haarsträubende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for haarsträubende
PropertyValue
Headwordhaarsträubende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩də]
Letters14
Frequency rank#73,579
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „haarsträubende“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).haarsträubendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Haaransatz“ (#73,578), „Gönnern“ (#73,576), „gähnende“ (#73,575). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „haarsträubende“ bei #73,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

haarsträubende is uncommon German at frequency #73,579 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for haarsträubende, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 haarsträubende, spelled H-A-A-R-S-T-R-Ä-U-B-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend

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 "haarsträubende"?
"haarsträubende" is spelled H-A-A-R-S-T-R-Ä-U-B-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩də].
What does "haarsträubende" mean?
As an adjective, "haarsträubende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs haarsträubend
How do you pronounce "haarsträubende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haarsträubende" is [ˈhaːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haarsträubende" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list