hangeln
[ˈhaŋl̩n]
The verdict
“hangeln” is uncommon German (frequency #82,864 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,864
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an den Händen hängend, ohne Bodenkontakt mit den Füßen an einen anderen Ort kommen, indem abwechselnd je mit einer Hand gegriffen und gehalten wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-hangeln · hangeln · German
hangeln · rank #82,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,864
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Harnblase
Nearest frequency peer: Harnblase (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hangeln”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Halsketten
Halsketten
17,141 corpus weight
- hampe
hampe
17,140 corpus weight
- Handgelenken
Handgelenken
17,139 corpus weight
- hangeln
hangeln
17,137 corpus weight
- Harnblase
Harnblase
17,136 corpus weight
- hasserfüllt…
hasserfüllten
17,134 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hangeln” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hangeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaŋl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hangeln” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hangeln is uncommon German at frequency #82,864 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaŋl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hangeln, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hangeln, spelled H-A-N-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1an den Händen hängend, ohne Bodenkontakt mit den Füßen an einen anderen Ort kommen, indem abwechselnd je mit einer Hand gegriffen und gehalten wird
- 2sich an den Händen hängend ohne Bodenkontakt fortbewegen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.