Harmonika
[haʁˈmoːnika]
The verdict
“Harmonika” is uncommon German (frequency #58,854 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,854
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musikinstrument, bei dem Töne durch den Luftzug erzeugt werden, der durch das Ziehen/Drücken eines Balgs oder durch Blasen/Einziehen der Luft entsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-harmonika · Harmonika · German
Harmonika · rank #58,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,854
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hantiert
Nearest frequency peer: hantiert (-2 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 „Harmonika“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hanglage
Hanglage
41,151 corpus weight
- Hangover
Hangover
41,150 corpus weight
- hantiert
hantiert
41,149 corpus weight
- Harmonika
Harmonika
41,147 corpus weight
- Hartplatz
Hartplatz
41,145 corpus weight
- Hauptes
Hauptes
41,144 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Harmonika“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harmonika |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [haʁˈmoːnika] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Harmonika“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Harmonika is uncommon German at frequency #58,854 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [haʁˈmoːnika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Harmonika in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Harmonika, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1Musikinstrument, bei dem Töne durch den Luftzug erzeugt werden, der durch das Ziehen/Drücken eines Balgs oder durch Blasen/Einziehen der Luft entsteht
- 2Kurzwort für Ziehharmonika
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harmonika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei diesen Festen wurde Harmonika gespielt, es wurde Polka getanzt und Graupen- und Semmelwurst gegessen sowie ordentlich gepichelt.“
„Ihr graues Baumwollkleid faltete sich wie eine Harmonika um ihre Füße mit dem Goldstaub der Heimlichkeit zwischen jedem Rinnsal des Gewebes, eine Reise mit endlosen Umwegen, auf denen seine Männlichkeit verstrickt und gefangen wurde.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).