Halfter
[ˈhalftɐ]
The verdict
“Halfter” is uncommon German (frequency #74,675 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,675
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (anfänglich nur am Sattel inzwischen auch am Gürtel) getragene Tasche für eine Pistole
Corpus desk
Index DE-halfter · Halfter · German
Halfter · rank #74,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,675
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Haigerloch
Nearest frequency peer: Haigerloch (-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 „Halfter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gutsherr
Gutsherr
25,332 corpus weight
- habhaft
habhaft
25,330 corpus weight
- Haigerloch
Haigerloch
25,327 corpus weight
- Halfter
Halfter
25,326 corpus weight
- Halswirbel
Halswirbel
25,323 corpus weight
- hams
hams
25,321 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Halfter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halfter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalftɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Halfter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Halfter is uncommon German at frequency #74,675 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalftɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(anfänglich nur am Sattel inzwischen auch am Gürtel) getragene Tasche für eine Pistole".
No misspelling variants are generated for Halfter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Halfter, spelled H-A-L-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1(anfänglich nur am Sattel inzwischen auch am Gürtel) getragene Tasche für eine Pistole
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Halfter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Wächter zog blitzschnell die Pistole aus dem Halfter.
Trentowski fasste sich schnell und fiel dem Schimmel Maria Kasimiras in die Zügel, sie aber zog nicht minder rasch ihre Pistole aus dem Halfter und schoss sein Pferd nieder.
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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