Harnröhre

[ˈhaʁnˌʁøːʁə]

/[ˈhaʁnˌʁøːʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Harnröhre” is uncommon German (frequency #56,202 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,202
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organ, das der Ableitung des Harns aus der Blase dient

Corpus desk

Index DE-harnrohre · Harnröhre · German

Harnröhre · rank #56,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,202
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH harmloses

Nearest frequency peer: harmloses (-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 „Harnröhre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Harnröhre
PropertyValue
HeadwordHarnröhre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʁnˌʁøːʁə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,202
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Harnröhre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Harnröhrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „harmloses“ (#56,201), „harsche“ (#56,203), „hari“ (#56,200). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Harnröhre“ bei #56,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Harnröhre is uncommon German at frequency #56,202 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʁnˌʁøːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organ, das der Ableitung des Harns aus der Blase dient".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Harnröhre, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Harnröhre, spelled H-A-R-N-R-Ö-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organ, das der Ableitung des Harns aus der Blase dient

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich habe mir eine Entzündung der Harnröhre zugezogen.
  2. „Wir könnten in Südamerika, dem Land der Verzauberung, in einem Fluss waten, wo winzige Fische in Tylers Harnröhre hinaufschwimmen.“

Synonyms

Urethra

Antonyms

HarnleiterUreter

This word in other languages

urethra(English)uretra(Español)urètre(Français)uretra(Português)

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 "Harnröhre"?
"Harnröhre" is spelled H-A-R-N-R-Ö-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁnˌʁøːʁə].
What does "Harnröhre" mean?
As a noun, "Harnröhre" means: Organ, das der Ableitung des Harns aus der Blase dient
How do you pronounce "Harnröhre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Harnröhre" is [ˈhaʁnˌʁøːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Harnröhre" come from?
"Harnröhre" 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 "Harnröhre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

harmloses#56,201hernehmen#56,212Hiddensee#56,213Highlands#56,214

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list