hark

[haʁk]

/[haʁk]/ verb

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The verdict

“hark” is uncommon German (frequency #86,573 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,573
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs harken

Corpus desk

Index DE-hark · hark · German

hark · rank #86,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,573
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hansestädte

Nearest frequency peer: Hansestädte (-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 „hark“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hark“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hark
PropertyValue
Headwordhark
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[haʁk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#86,573
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hark“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.harkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hansestädte“ (#86,572), „Harri“ (#86,574), „handlichen“ (#86,571). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hark“ bei #86,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hark is uncommon German at frequency #86,573 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [haʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs harken".

hark doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hark, spelled H-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs harken

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hark"?
"hark" is spelled H-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is [haʁk].
What does "hark" mean?
As a verb, "hark" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs harken
How do you pronounce "hark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hark" is [haʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hark" come from?
"hark" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hark", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

GPRS#86,549Huey#86,620gees#86,512GABA#86,500

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list