hängenbleiben
[ˈhɛŋənˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“hängenbleiben” is uncommon German (frequency #95,747 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,747
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an etwas haken/festhaken
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hängenbleiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɛŋənˌblaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #95,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hängenbleiben” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hängenbleiben is uncommon German at frequency #95,747 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɛŋənˌblaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
hängenbleiben has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is hängenbleiben, spelled H-Ä-N-G-E-N-B-L-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1an etwas haken/festhaken
- 2für etwas Negatives verantwortlich gemacht werden, als Auslöser/Verursacher für etwas Negatives gelten
- 3an einem Ort bleiben, verweilen
- 4eine Klasse wiederholen müssen, nicht versetzt werden
- 5sich etwas merken, etwas gelernt haben, im Gedächtnis bleiben
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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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Using “hängenbleiben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ä-N-G-E-N-B-L-E-I-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.