hakte

[ˈhaːktə]

/[ˈhaːktə]/ verb

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The verdict

“hakte” is uncommon German (frequency #57,931 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,931
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haken

Corpus desk

Index DE-hakte · hakte · German

hakte · rank #57,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,931
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Halden

Nearest frequency peer: Halden (+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 „hakte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hakte
PropertyValue
Headwordhakte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhaːktə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hakte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).haktefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Halden“ (#57,932), „Harnstoff“ (#57,934), „Gästebuch“ (#57,927). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hakte“ bei #57,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hakte is uncommon German at frequency #57,931 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaːktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hakte, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is hakte, spelled H-A-K-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haken
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haken
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haken
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haken

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 "hakte"?
"hakte" is spelled H-A-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaːktə].
What does "hakte" mean?
As a verb, "hakte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs haken
How do you pronounce "hakte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hakte" is [ˈhaːktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hakte" come from?
"hakte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gouda#57,919höger#57,969Idyll#57,973Karol#57,999

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list