halten heraus

/[ˌhaltn̩ hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]/ verb

The verdict

“halten heraus” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heraushalten

Key facts for halten heraus
PropertyValue
Headwordhalten heraus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌhaltn̩ hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “halten heraus” sits in German frequency

halten heraus falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for halten heraus is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌhaltn̩ hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for halten heraus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is halten heraus, spelled H-A-L-T-E-N- -H-E-R-A-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heraushalten
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heraushalten
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heraushalten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heraushalten

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "halten heraus"?
"halten heraus" is spelled H-A-L-T-E-N- -H-E-R-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhaltn̩ hɛˈʁaʊ̯s].
What does "halten heraus" mean?
As a verb, "halten heraus" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs heraushalten
How do you pronounce "halten heraus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "halten heraus" is [ˌhaltn̩ hɛˈʁaʊ̯s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "halten heraus" come from?
"halten heraus" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “halten heraus”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-A-L-T-E-N- -H-E-R-A-U-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌhaltn̩ hɛˈʁaʊ̯s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.