hårddisk

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The verdict

“hårddisk” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Speichermedium eines Rechners; Festplatte

Corpus desk

Index DE-harddisk · hårddisk · German

hårddisk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for hårddisk
PropertyValue
Headwordhårddisk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hårddisk” sits in German frequency

hårddisksits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent German words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hårddisk is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Speichermedium eines Rechners; Festplatte".

hårddisk doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hårddisk, spelled H-Å-R-D-D-I-S-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Speichermedium eines Rechners; Festplatte

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hårddisk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jag bara hoppas att hårddisken inte kraschade.

Synonyms

hårdskiva

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hårddisk"?
"hårddisk" is spelled H-Å-R-D-D-I-S-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "hårddisk" mean?
As a noun, "hårddisk" means: Speichermedium eines Rechners; Festplatte
How do you pronounce "hårddisk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hårddisk" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hårddisk" come from?
"hårddisk" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list