harken
[ˈhaʁkn̩]
The verdict
“harken” is uncommon German (frequency #94,383 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,383
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei der Gartenarbeit die Beete, den Boden, den Rasen, die Wege oder Ähnliches mit einer Harke (einem Rechen) bearbeiten (glätten, säubern); (etwas) mit einer Harke entfernen, anhäufen (zum Beispiel...
Corpus desk
Index DE-harken · harken · German
harken · rank #94,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,383
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Harvester
Nearest frequency peer: Harvester (+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 „harken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hadschi
Hadschi
5,626 corpus weight
- Haltbarkeit…
Haltbarkeitsdatum
5,623 corpus weight
- handgeferti…
handgefertigt
5,621 corpus weight
- harken
harken
5,618 corpus weight
- Harvester
Harvester
5,617 corpus weight
- Hausanschlu…
Hausanschluss
5,614 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „harken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaʁkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „harken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
harken is uncommon German at frequency #94,383 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaʁkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei der Gartenarbeit die Beete, den Boden, den Rasen, die Wege oder Ähnliches mit einer Harke (einem Rechen) bearbeiten (glätten, säubern); (etwas) mit einer Harke entfernen, anhäufen (zum Beispiel...".
harken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 harken, spelled H-A-R-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1bei der Gartenarbeit die Beete, den Boden, den Rasen, die Wege oder Ähnliches mit einer Harke (einem Rechen) bearbeiten (glätten, säubern); (etwas) mit einer Harke entfernen, anhäufen (zum Beispiel Laub)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how harken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Prinz Charles hat sich verhoben. Das Missgeschick ist nicht etwa passiert, als er gerade den Biogarten auf seinem Landsitz harkte.“
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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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