Haftanstalt

[ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt]

/[ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Haftanstalt
PropertyValue
HeadwordHaftanstalt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,582
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Haftanstalt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Haftanstaltfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Haftbedingungen“ (#61,583), „Güterbahnhof“ (#61,580), „Gören“ (#61,579). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Haftanstalt“ bei #61,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Gebäudekomplex, in dem mutmaßliche und verurteilte Straftäter verwahrt werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „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.“
  2. „Die schlimmsten landeten in geschlossenen Haftanstalten.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Haftanstalt"?
"Haftanstalt" is spelled H-A-F-T-A-N-S-T-A-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt].
What does "Haftanstalt" mean?
As a noun, "Haftanstalt" means: Gebäudekomplex, in dem mutmaßliche und verurteilte Straftäter verwahrt werden
How do you pronounce "Haftanstalt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Haftanstalt" is [ˈhaftʔanˌʃtalt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Haftanstalt" come from?
"Haftanstalt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list