hardship
[ˡhaːdʃɪp]
The verdict
“hardship” 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) - Not, Elend
Corpus desk
Index DE-hardship · hardship · German
hardship · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hardship |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˡhaːdʃɪp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hardship“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hardship is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˡhaːdʃɪp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hardship, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hardship, spelled H-A-R-D-S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1Not, Elend
- 2Härte
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hardship appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In May, 1882 (...) fearful hardship was caused outside the Pale.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.