Hafenarbeiter
[ˈhaːfn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ]
The verdict
“Hafenarbeiter” is uncommon German (frequency #84,067 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,067
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeiter, der seinen beruflichen Aufgaben in einem Binnen- oder Seehafen nachgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-hafenarbeiter · Hafenarbeiter · German
Hafenarbeiter · rank #84,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,067
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hackfresse
Nearest frequency peer: Hackfresse (-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 „Hafenarbeiter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gästefans
Gästefans
15,938 corpus weight
- Hackfresse
Hackfresse
15,935 corpus weight
- Hafenarbeit…
Hafenarbeiter
15,934 corpus weight
- haide
haide
15,933 corpus weight
- Hakenkreuzen
Hakenkreuzen
15,932 corpus weight
- halbierte
halbierte
15,931 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hafenarbeiter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hafenarbeiter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaːfn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #84,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hafenarbeiter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hafenarbeiter is uncommon German at frequency #84,067 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaːfn̩ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbeiter, der seinen beruflichen Aufgaben in einem Binnen- oder Seehafen nachgeht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hafenarbeiter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hafenarbeiter, spelled H-A-F-E-N-A-R-B-E-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arbeiter, der seinen beruflichen Aufgaben in einem Binnen- oder Seehafen nachgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hafenarbeiter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Streik der Hafenarbeiter legt den Ladeverkehr in den Häfen der Westküste der Vereinigten Staaten lahm.“
„Zu unseren Leuten gehörten Soldaten, Matrosen und Hafenarbeiter.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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