Hämling
[ˈhɛmlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Hämling” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kastrierte Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-hamling · Hämling · German
Hämling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Hämling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛmlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hämling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hämling is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛmlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kastrierte Person".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hämling in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Hämling, spelled H-Ä-M-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1kastrierte Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hämling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während sie ihre Unterhaltung fortsetzten, wurden die Hämlinge Liu und Süeh gemeldet.“
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.