Halbschlaf
[ˈhalpˌʃlaːf]
The verdict
“Halbschlaf” is uncommon German (frequency #69,320 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,320
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand, bei dem sich der Körper zwischen Schlafen und Wachen befindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-halbschlaf · Halbschlaf · German
Halbschlaf · rank #69,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,320
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Halbschuhe
Nearest frequency peer: Halbschuhe (+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 „Halbschlaf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- habilitierte
habilitierte
30,685 corpus weight
- Haftentlass…
Haftentlassung
30,684 corpus weight
- Haifisch
Haifisch
30,683 corpus weight
- Halbschlaf
Halbschlaf
30,681 corpus weight
- Halbschuhe
Halbschuhe
30,680 corpus weight
- halls
halls
30,678 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Halbschlaf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halbschlaf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalpˌʃlaːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Halbschlaf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Halbschlaf is uncommon German at frequency #69,320 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalpˌʃlaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand, bei dem sich der Körper zwischen Schlafen und Wachen befindet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Halbschlaf, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Halbschlaf, spelled H-A-L-B-S-C-H-L-A-F.
Definition
- 1Zustand, bei dem sich der Körper zwischen Schlafen und Wachen befindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Halbschlaf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach einem unruhigen Halbschlaf wache ich auf und sehe mich um.“
„Demnach sichert der ‚Halbschlaf‘ nicht nur das Luftholen, sondern befähigt die Tiere sogar zu komplexen Verhaltensweisen.“
Antonyms
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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