Habsucht
[ˈhaːpˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Habsucht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwanghafter Drang, immer mehr (Besitz) haben zu wollen, ohne Rücksicht auf andere und unabhängig vom Nutzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-habsucht · Habsucht · German
Habsucht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Habsucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaːpˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Habsucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Habsucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaːpˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zwanghafter Drang, immer mehr (Besitz) haben zu wollen, ohne Rücksicht auf andere und unabhängig vom Nutzen".
Habsucht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Habsucht, spelled H-A-B-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1zwanghafter Drang, immer mehr (Besitz) haben zu wollen, ohne Rücksicht auf andere und unabhängig vom Nutzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Habsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein ganzes Verhalten offenbarte eine ungehemmte Habsucht.
„Denn die Wurzel aller Übel ist die Habsucht.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.