Harmonium
[haʁˈmoːni̯ʊm]
The verdict
“Harmonium” is uncommon German (frequency #84,080 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,080
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tasteninstrument, bei dem der Ton durch verschieden lange Durchschlagzungen erzeugt wird, die von Luft umströmt in Schwingung versetzt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-harmonium · Harmonium · German
Harmonium · rank #84,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,080
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hantel
Nearest frequency peer: Hantel (-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 „Harmonium“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Handwerke
Handwerke
15,925 corpus weight
- Handwerksbe…
Handwerksbetrieben
15,924 corpus weight
- Hantel
Hantel
15,922 corpus weight
- Harmonium
Harmonium
15,921 corpus weight
- harschen
harschen
15,920 corpus weight
- Harze
Harze
15,919 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Harmonium“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harmonium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [haʁˈmoːni̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Harmonium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Harmonium is uncommon German at frequency #84,080 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [haʁˈmoːni̯ʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tasteninstrument, bei dem der Ton durch verschieden lange Durchschlagzungen erzeugt wird, die von Luft umströmt in Schwingung versetzt werden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Harmonium, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Harmonium, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Tasteninstrument, bei dem der Ton durch verschieden lange Durchschlagzungen erzeugt wird, die von Luft umströmt in Schwingung versetzt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harmonium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Harmonium begann zu spielen, andächtig und feierlich.“
„Vielleicht kann er ja auch auf einem Drahtseil ohne Netz mit acht Bällen jonglieren oder mit einem Floß den Atlantik überqueren und dabei Harmonium spielen.“
Synonyms
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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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