Haftanstalt
[ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt]
The verdict
“Haftanstalt” is uncommon German (frequency #61,582 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,582
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebäudekomplex, in dem mutmaßliche und verurteilte Straftäter verwahrt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-haftanstalt · Haftanstalt · German
Haftanstalt · rank #61,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,582
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Haftbedingung…
Nearest frequency peer: Haftbedingungen (+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 „Haftanstalt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gören
Gören
38,422 corpus weight
- Güterbahnhof
Güterbahnhof
38,421 corpus weight
- Haftanstalt
Haftanstalt
38,419 corpus weight
- Haftbedingu…
Haftbedingungen
38,418 corpus weight
- Handlungswe…
Handlungsweise
38,415 corpus weight
- harmoniert
harmoniert
38,412 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Haftanstalt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haftanstalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haftanstalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haftanstalt is uncommon German at frequency #61,582 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebäudekomplex, in dem mutmaßliche und verurteilte Straftäter verwahrt werden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Haftanstalt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Haftanstalt, spelled H-A-F-T-A-N-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1Gebäudekomplex, in dem mutmaßliche und verurteilte Straftäter verwahrt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Haftanstalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Konfliktparteien im Jemen gaben sich gegenseitig die Schuld: Wie die von den schiitischen Huthi-Rebellen kontrollierte Nachrichtenagentur Saba berichtete, stürmten Al-Kaida-Kämpfer und mit ihr verbündete Milizen am Samstag die Haftanstalt. Aus anderen Sicherheitskreisen verlautete hingegen, Huthis und deren Verbündete hätten die Gefangenen befreit.“
„Die schlimmsten landeten in geschlossenen Haftanstalten.“
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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