hämisch

[ˈhɛːmɪʃ]

/[ˈhɛːmɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“hämisch” is uncommon German (frequency #53,790 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,790
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schadenfroh, gehässig

Corpus desk

Index DE-hamisch · hämisch · German

hämisch · rank #53,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,790
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH husky

Nearest frequency peer: husky (-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 „hämisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hämisch
PropertyValue
Headwordhämisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhɛːmɪʃ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hämisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hämischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „husky“ (#53,788), „humble“ (#53,787), „identischer“ (#53,794). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hämisch“ bei #53,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hämisch is uncommon German at frequency #53,790 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɛːmɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schadenfroh, gehässig".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hämisch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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. The correct German form is hämisch, spelled H-Ä-M-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    schadenfroh, gehässig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er lachte ziemlich hämisch.“
  2. „So sehr verlang’ ich nach dem schönen Lichte der Augen, die mich trügerisch entseelen, daß ich, droht mir auch Tod und hämisch Quälen, erneut den Blick voll Sehnsucht darauf richte.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hämisch"?
"hämisch" is spelled H-Ä-M-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛːmɪʃ].
What does "hämisch" mean?
As an adjective, "hämisch" means: schadenfroh, gehässig
How do you pronounce "hämisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hämisch" is [ˈhɛːmɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hämisch" come from?
"hämisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list