Häretiker
[hɛˈʁeːtɪkɐ]
The verdict
“Häretiker” is uncommon German (frequency #66,338 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,338
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sich der Häresie schuldig macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-haretiker · Häretiker · German
Häretiker · rank #66,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,338
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hyperbel
Nearest frequency peer: Hyperbel (-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 „Häretiker“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- houses
houses
33,666 corpus weight
- Hundewelpen
Hundewelpen
33,665 corpus weight
- Hyperbel
Hyperbel
33,664 corpus weight
- Häretiker
Häretiker
33,663 corpus weight
- Häute
Häute
33,662 corpus weight
- hörig
hörig
33,660 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Häretiker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Häretiker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁeːtɪkɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Häretiker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Häretiker is uncommon German at frequency #66,338 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɛˈʁeːtɪkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sich der Häresie schuldig macht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Häretiker in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Häretiker, spelled H-Ä-R-E-T-I-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sich der Häresie schuldig macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Häretiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Zwar wurde der Abfall in die Häresie nicht mit dem dauernden Ausschluß aus der Kirche bestraft, vielmehr wurden die zur Häresie abgefallenen bei bußfertiger Rückkehr zur Kirche wieder aufgenommen. Nur Tertullian spricht den Häretikern die Möglichkeit der Verzeihung ab."
„Eine Generation später musste sich Constantius II. sagen lassen, dass er ein Häretiker sei, und bald sollte Bischof Ambrosius von Mailand Kaiser Theodosius aus dem Altarraum verbannen und ihm einen Platz außerhalb zuweisen.“
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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