Harlekin
[ˈhaʁlɛkiːn]
The verdict
“Harlekin” is uncommon German (frequency #78,082 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,082
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - komische Bühnenfigur, ein Spaßvogel, Possenreißer
Corpus desk
Index DE-harlekin · Harlekin · German
Harlekin · rank #78,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,082
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hasserfüllte
Nearest frequency peer: hasserfüllte (+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 „Harlekin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Haack
Haack
21,923 corpus weight
- halbnackte
halbnackte
21,921 corpus weight
- Harlekin
Harlekin
21,919 corpus weight
- hasserfüllte
hasserfüllte
21,918 corpus weight
- Hatice
Hatice
21,917 corpus weight
- Hauptinsel
Hauptinsel
21,915 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Harlekin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harlekin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʁlɛkiːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Harlekin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Harlekin is uncommon German at frequency #78,082 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʁlɛkiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "komische Bühnenfigur, ein Spaßvogel, Possenreißer".
Zero misspellings are on record for Harlekin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Harlekin, spelled H-A-R-L-E-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1komische Bühnenfigur, ein Spaßvogel, Possenreißer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harlekin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Harlekin trägt oft eine dunkle Halbmaske und ein buntes Gewand mit Rautenmuster.
„Auf der Bühne bewegen sich die Figuren der klassischen Commedia dell'Arte, purzeln Columbine, Pierrot und Harlekin vor liebevoll hingetuschten Kulissen durch eine Handlung ohne Worte.“
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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