Hanglage
[ˈhaŋˌlaːɡə]
The verdict
“Hanglage” is uncommon German (frequency #58,850 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,850
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an einem abfallenden Gelände gelegener Standort (eines Gartens, Hauses oder Ähnlichem)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hanglage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaŋˌlaːɡə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hanglage” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hanglage is uncommon German at frequency #58,850 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaŋˌlaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hanglage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hanglage, spelled H-A-N-G-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1an einem abfallenden Gelände gelegener Standort (eines Gartens, Hauses oder Ähnlichem)
- 2Gelände, das sich an einem Hang befindet
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.
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Using “Hanglage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-N-G-L-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaŋˌlaːɡə] (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.