Häfner
[ˈhɛːfnɐ]
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
- Hotlines
Hotlines
12,146 corpus weight
- hud
hud
12,144 corpus weight
- hurst
hurst
12,143 corpus weight
- Häfner
Häfner
12,140 corpus weight
- hörenden
hörenden
12,138 corpus weight
- Hörsäle
Hörsäle
12,137 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Häfner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Häfner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛːfnɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Häfner“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Töpfer, Kachelofensetzer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Häfner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.“
„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.
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