habhaft

[ˈhaːphaft]

/[ˈhaːphaft]/ adj

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The verdict

“habhaft” is uncommon German (frequency #74,671 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,671
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in die Finger bekommen, gegriffen

Corpus desk

Index DE-habhaft · habhaft · German

habhaft · rank #74,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,671
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gutsherr

Nearest frequency peer: Gutsherr (-2 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 „habhaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for habhaft
PropertyValue
Headwordhabhaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhaːphaft]
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,671
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „habhaft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gutsherr“ (#74,669), „gutaussehende“ (#74,668), „Haigerloch“ (#74,674). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „habhaft“ bei #74,671. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

habhaft is uncommon German at frequency #74,671 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaːphaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for habhaft, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is habhaft, spelled H-A-B-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    in die Finger bekommen, gegriffen
  2. 2
    viel habend, reich, begütert

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Am Markt sind die Verfolger dann des Taschendiebes habhaft geworden.
  2. Hast du der Erstausgabe habhaft werden können?

Antonyms

entflohenverloren

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 "habhaft"?
"habhaft" is spelled H-A-B-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːphaft].
What does "habhaft" mean?
As an adjective, "habhaft" means: in die Finger bekommen, gegriffen
How do you pronounce "habhaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habhaft" is [ˈhaːphaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habhaft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Halfter#74,675hanging#74,682Grenada#74,658grandma#74,654

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list