Häfner

[ˈhɛːfnɐ]

/[ˈhɛːfnɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Häfner” is uncommon German (frequency #87,861 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,861
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Töpfer, Kachelofensetzer

Corpus desk

Index DE-hafner · Häfner · German

Häfner · rank #87,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,861
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hörenden

Nearest frequency peer: hörenden (+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 „Häfner“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Häfner
PropertyValue
HeadwordHäfner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɛːfnɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Häfner“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Häfnerfällt 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: „hörenden“ (#87,863), „hurst“ (#87,858), „Hörsäle“ (#87,864). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Häfner“ bei #87,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Häfner is uncommon German at frequency #87,861 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛːfnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Töpfer, Kachelofensetzer".

No misspelling variants are generated for Häfner in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Häfner, spelled H-Ä-F-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Töpfer, Kachelofensetzer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „In den Häusern werden verschiedene Handwerke vorgestellt - Schmied, Schuhmacher, Schreiner, Zimmermann, Häfner, Färber –, und es sind Küchen, Wohn- und Schlafstuben aus der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts zu sehen.“
  2. „Als nun der Tag kam, daß sie das Urtheil vollziehen und die Sau auffressen sollten, da wollten sie die Wurst zu einem Voressen haben, konnten aber keinen Hafen finden, welcher lang genug gewesen wäre, die Wurst der Länge nach darin zu kochen. Denn sie meinten gänzlich, der Hafen müßte so lang sein als die Wurst, wußten also nicht, wie die Sache zu thun w…

Synonyms

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 "Häfner"?
"Häfner" is spelled H-Ä-F-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛːfnɐ].
What does "Häfner" mean?
As a noun, "Häfner" means: Töpfer, Kachelofensetzer
How do you pronounce "Häfner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Häfner" is [ˈhɛːfnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list