Halbdunkel
[ˈhalpˌdʊŋkl̩]
The verdict
“Halbdunkel” is uncommon German (frequency #98,554 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,554
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand, bei dem es noch nicht vollständig dunkel ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halbdunkel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalpˌdʊŋkl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Halbdunkel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Halbdunkel is uncommon German at frequency #98,554 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalpˌdʊŋkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand, bei dem es noch nicht vollständig dunkel ist".
Halbdunkel has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Halbdunkel, spelled H-A-L-B-D-U-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Zustand, bei dem es noch nicht vollständig dunkel ist
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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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Using “Halbdunkel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-L-B-D-U-N-K-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhalpˌdʊŋkl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.