halbtags

[ˈhalptaːks]

/[ˈhalptaːks]/ adv

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The verdict

“halbtags” is uncommon German (frequency #55,387 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,387
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen halben Tag dauernd, einen halben Tag lang

Corpus desk

Index DE-halbtags · halbtags · German

halbtags · rank #55,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,387
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Handlungsfrei…

Nearest frequency peer: Handlungsfreiheit (+2 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 „halbtags“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for halbtags
PropertyValue
Headwordhalbtags
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈhalptaːks]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,387
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „halbtags“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Handlungsfreiheit“ (#55,389), „gymnasialen“ (#55,384), „Handlungsmöglichkeiten“ (#55,390). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „halbtags“ bei #55,387. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

halbtags is uncommon German at frequency #55,387 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈhalptaːks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen halben Tag dauernd, einen halben Tag lang".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for halbtags, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is halbtags, spelled H-A-L-B-T-A-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen halben Tag dauernd, einen halben Tag lang

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Karin geht jetzt nur mehr halbtags arbeiten.

Synonyms

halbtägig

Antonyms

ganztags

This word in other languages

à mi-temps(Français)

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 "halbtags"?
"halbtags" is spelled H-A-L-B-T-A-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhalptaːks].
What does "halbtags" mean?
As an adverb, "halbtags" means: einen halben Tag dauernd, einen halben Tag lang
How do you pronounce "halbtags"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "halbtags" is [ˈhalptaːks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "halbtags" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hauskauf#55,396Gleitgel#55,375Heidenau#55,399Heimbach#55,401

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list