Harke

[ˈhaʁkə]

/[ˈhaʁkə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Harke” is uncommon German (frequency #64,337 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,337
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gartengerät zum Ebnen von Beeten und Auflockern des Erdbodens; langer Stiel mit gabel- oder fingerförmigem Endstück zum Zusammenkehren von Laub oder anderem losem, typischerweise grobem Zeug, Garte...

Corpus desk

Index DE-harke · Harke · German

Harke · rank #64,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,337
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Handspiel

Nearest frequency peer: Handspiel (-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 „Harke“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Harke
PropertyValue
HeadwordHarke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʁkə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Harke“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Handspiel“ (#64,336), „hasserfüllt“ (#64,339), „Handbuchs“ (#64,333). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Harke“ bei #64,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Harke is uncommon German at frequency #64,337 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʁkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gartengerät zum Ebnen von Beeten und Auflockern des Erdbodens; langer Stiel mit gabel- oder fingerförmigem Endstück zum Zusammenkehren von Laub oder anderem losem, typischerweise grobem Zeug, Garte...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Harke, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Harke, spelled H-A-R-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gartengerät zum Ebnen von Beeten und Auflockern des Erdbodens; langer Stiel mit gabel- oder fingerförmigem Endstück zum Zusammenkehren von Laub oder anderem losem, typischerweise grobem Zeug, Gartenabfall

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wo hab' ich denn jetzt die Harke liegen lassen?
  2. „Und die jüdischen Bauern reißen erbarmungslos mit ihren Harken und Schaufeln der sterbenden Erde den Bauch auf, um sie neu zu beleben.“

Synonyms

Rechen

This word in other languages

rake(English)rastrillo(Español)râteau(Français)

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 "Harke"?
"Harke" is spelled H-A-R-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁkə].
What does "Harke" mean?
As a noun, "Harke" means: Gartengerät zum Ebnen von Beeten und Auflockern des Erdbodens; langer Stiel mit gabel- oder fingerförmigem Endstück zum Zusammenkehren von Laub oder anderem losem, typischerweise grobem Zeug, Garte...
How do you pronounce "Harke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Harke" is [ˈhaʁkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Harke" come from?
"Harke" 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 "Harke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

golfs#64,322Horne#64,365Huthi#64,375Indus#64,384

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list