Hanswurst
[ˈhansˌvʊʁst]
The verdict
“Hanswurst” is an uncommon German word, ranked #62,488 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,488
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine derb-komische Gestalt der deutschsprachigen Stegreifkomödie seit dem 16. Jahrhundert
| 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) |
Where “Hanswurst” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hanswurst is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhansˌvʊʁst]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,488 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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 “Hanswurst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-N-S-W-U-R-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhansˌvʊʁst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.