Hanswurst
[ˈhansˌvʊʁst]
The verdict
“Hanswurst” is uncommon German (frequency #62,488 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,488
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine derb-komische Gestalt der deutschsprachigen Stegreifkomödie seit dem 16. Jahrhundert
Corpus desk
Index DE-hanswurst · Hanswurst · German
Hanswurst · rank #62,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,488
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH handhabt
Nearest frequency peer: handhabt (-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 „Hanswurst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Haines
Haines
37,517 corpus weight
- Halifax
Halifax
37,516 corpus weight
- handhabt
handhabt
37,514 corpus weight
- Hanswurst
Hanswurst
37,513 corpus weight
- Hauptberuf
Hauptberuf
37,511 corpus weight
- Haushaltsau…
Haushaltsausschuss
37,510 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hanswurst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hanswurst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhansˌvʊʁst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hanswurst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hanswurst is uncommon German at frequency #62,488 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhansˌvʊʁst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Hanswurst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Hanswurst, spelled H-A-N-S-W-U-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1eine derb-komische Gestalt der deutschsprachigen Stegreifkomödie seit dem 16. Jahrhundert
- 2eine dümmliche, nicht ernst zu nehmende Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hanswurst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und nun hinüber nach dem Wurstelprater; drüben hinüber, wo der Hanswurst sein Wesen treibt!
Sie führten den blutigen Vandalenhaufen die unzüchtigen römischen Pantomimen auf; sie standen vor den Hütten des fränkischen Häuptlings und pfiffen und spielten fremdartige Weisen, welche vielleicht einst mit den Orgien asiatischer Götter nach Rom gekommen waren; sie mischten sich unter die gotische Gemeinde, welche aus der neugebauten Kirche auf den Kirc…
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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