halbtot

[ˈhalptoːt]

/[ˈhalptoːt]/ adj

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The verdict

“halbtot” is uncommon German (frequency #70,352 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,352
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Tod nahe, beinahe Tod, in einem Zustand zwischen Leben und Tod

Corpus desk

Index DE-halbtot · halbtot · German

halbtot · rank #70,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,352
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Halses

Nearest frequency peer: Halses (+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 „halbtot“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for halbtot
PropertyValue
Headwordhalbtot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhalptoːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,352
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „halbtot“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).halbtotfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Halses“ (#70,353), „Hagens“ (#70,349), „handelst“ (#70,356). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „halbtot“ bei #70,352. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

halbtot is uncommon German at frequency #70,352 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhalptoːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dem Tod nahe, beinahe Tod, in einem Zustand zwischen Leben und Tod".

No misspelling variants are generated for halbtot in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is halbtot, spelled H-A-L-B-T-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    dem Tod nahe, beinahe Tod, in einem Zustand zwischen Leben und Tod

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Männer wateten im roten Wasser umher und schlugen wahllos auf die Leichname ein; einige paarten sich mit den Leibern niedergeknüppelter junger Frauen, die tot oder halbtot am Strand lagen.“
  2. „›Was glaubst du, wird Boef Beukes unternehmen? Er landet den größten Drogenfang seiner Karriere, und du willst ihn auf Kaution rauslassen? Der schreit wie ein halbtotes Schwein.‹“

This word in other languages

halfdead(English)

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 "halbtot"?
"halbtot" is spelled H-A-L-B-T-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhalptoːt].
What does "halbtot" mean?
As an adjective, "halbtot" means: dem Tod nahe, beinahe Tod, in einem Zustand zwischen Leben und Tod
How do you pronounce "halbtot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "halbtot" is [ˈhalptoːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "halbtot" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

harvest#70,363hearing#70,368Giengen#70,323Gerüste#70,312

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list