Harakiri
[ˌhaʁaˈkiːʁi]
The verdict
“Harakiri” is uncommon German (frequency #74,683 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,683
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gängige Bezeichnung für Seppuku, den rituellen Selbstmord im feudalistischen Japan
Corpus desk
Index DE-harakiri · Harakiri · German
Harakiri · rank #74,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,683
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hanging
Nearest frequency peer: hanging (-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 „Harakiri“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hams
hams
25,321 corpus weight
- Handelsschi…
Handelsschiffe
25,320 corpus weight
- hanging
hanging
25,319 corpus weight
- Harakiri
Harakiri
25,318 corpus weight
- Harfen
Harfen
25,317 corpus weight
- Hauptamt
Hauptamt
25,316 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Harakiri“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harakiri |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌhaʁaˈkiːʁi] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Harakiri“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Harakiri is uncommon German at frequency #74,683 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌhaʁaˈkiːʁi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Harakiri in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Harakiri, spelled H-A-R-A-K-I-R-I.
Definition
- 1gängige Bezeichnung für Seppuku, den rituellen Selbstmord im feudalistischen Japan
- 2übertragen von [1], „gesellschaftlicher Selbstmord“, eine Blamage, die das Ende der Karriere bedeutet
- 3übertragen von [1], bewusstes Herbeiführen einer Niederlage (die ebenfalls meist das Ende der Karriere bedeutet)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harakiri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Herr befahl ihm, Harakiri zu begehen.
Millionen Fernsehzuschauer sahen dem Harakiri des bislang so beliebten Moderators genüsslich zu.
Synonyms
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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