Halbtoter
[ˈhalpˌtoːtɐ]
The verdict
“Halbtoter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die zwischen Leben und Tod schwebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-halbtoter · Halbtoter · German
Halbtoter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halbtoter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalpˌtoːtɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Halbtoter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Halbtoter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalpˌtoːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die zwischen Leben und Tod schwebt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Halbtoter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Halbtoter, spelled H-A-L-B-T-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die zwischen Leben und Tod schwebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Halbtoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Halbtote war aus seinem Wrack gefriemelt worden.“
„Ich weiß nicht, was mich Halbtoten veranlaßte, die Augen zu öffnen; da sah ich den Mann mit der Lanzette, der dabei war, mir die Vene aufzustechen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.