Hackordnung
[ˈhakˌʔɔʁdnʊŋ]
The verdict
“Hackordnung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rangordnung, die durch aggressives Verhalten gegenüber Artgenossen verteidigt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-hackordnung · Hackordnung · German
Hackordnung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Hackordnung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhakˌʔɔʁdnʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hackordnung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hackordnung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhakˌʔɔʁdnʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Hackordnung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hackordnung, spelled H-A-C-K-O-R-D-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Rangordnung, die durch aggressives Verhalten gegenüber Artgenossen verteidigt wird
- 2strenge Hierarchie innerhalb einer Menschengruppe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hackordnung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei Haushühnern herrscht eine strenge Hackordnung.
Gegen die Hackordnung in unserer Firma traut sich niemand aufzubegehren.
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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.