hängten
[ˈhɛŋtn̩]
The verdict
“hängten” is uncommon German (frequency #89,090 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,090
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs hängen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hangten · hängten · German
hängten · rank #89,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,090
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH höchstselbst
Nearest frequency peer: höchstselbst (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hängten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hott
hott
10,916 corpus weight
- Hufschmied
Hufschmied
10,915 corpus weight
- huschte
huschte
10,913 corpus weight
- hängten
hängten
10,911 corpus weight
- höchstselbst
höchstselbst
10,910 corpus weight
- hörbare
hörbare
10,909 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hängten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hängten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɛŋtn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hängten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hängten is uncommon German at frequency #89,090 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɛŋtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for hängten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hängten, spelled H-Ä-N-G-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs hängen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs hängen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs hängen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs hängen
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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