Hackbrett
[ˈhakˌbʁɛt]
The verdict
“Hackbrett” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist trapezförmiges Saiteninstrument, dessen Saiten mit kleinen Stäbchen oder Klöppeln angeschlagen werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-hackbrett · Hackbrett · German
Hackbrett · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Hackbrett |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhakˌbʁɛt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hackbrett“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hackbrett is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhakˌbʁɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Hackbrett doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hackbrett, spelled H-A-C-K-B-R-E-T-T.
Definition
- 1meist trapezförmiges Saiteninstrument, dessen Saiten mit kleinen Stäbchen oder Klöppeln angeschlagen werden
- 2dickes Brett, auf dem man Fleisch, Gemüse oder Fisch bearbeitet und zubereitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hackbrett appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In Budapest, Minsk und Peking ist das Hackbrett in seiner jeweiligen landestypischen Erscheinungsform in den akademischen Lehrbetrieb aufgenommem worden, ebenso in Bayern und Österreich." (Wikipedia, Artikel Hackbrett)
Zwiebeln schneidet man üblicherweise auf dem Hackbrett.
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.