Harnstoff

[ˈhaʁnˌʃtɔf]

/[ˈhaʁnˌʃtɔf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Harnstoff” is uncommon German (frequency #57,934 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,934
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eines der Endprodukte des Stoffwechsels; chemische Verbindung mit der Summenformel CO(NH₂)₂

Corpus desk

Index DE-harnstoff · Harnstoff · German

Harnstoff · rank #57,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,934
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hartnäckiger

Nearest frequency peer: hartnäckiger (+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 „Harnstoff“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Harnstoff
PropertyValue
HeadwordHarnstoff
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʁnˌʃtɔf]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,934
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Harnstoff“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Harnstofffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hartnäckiger“ (#57,935), „Halden“ (#57,932), „Haushaltshilfe“ (#57,936). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Harnstoff“ bei #57,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Harnstoff is uncommon German at frequency #57,934 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʁnˌʃtɔf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Harnstoff has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Harnstoff, spelled H-A-R-N-S-T-O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    eines der Endprodukte des Stoffwechsels; chemische Verbindung mit der Summenformel CO(NH₂)₂
  2. 2
    Bezeichnung für zahllose Derivate des Harnstoffs

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im Harnstoffzyklus der Säugetiere wird Ammonium zu Harnstoff, welcher dann über die Niere ausgeschieden wird.
  2. „Cumyluron ist eine chemische Verbindung aus der Gruppe der Harnstoffe, welche in den 1990ern von Japan Carlit entdeckt wurde.“

Synonyms

Kohlensäurediamid

This word in other languages

urea(English)urea(Español)urée(Français)ureia(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 "Harnstoff"?
"Harnstoff" is spelled H-A-R-N-S-T-O-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁnˌʃtɔf].
What does "Harnstoff" mean?
As a noun, "Harnstoff" means: eines der Endprodukte des Stoffwechsels; chemische Verbindung mit der Summenformel CO(NH₂)₂
How do you pronounce "Harnstoff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Harnstoff" is [ˈhaʁnˌʃtɔf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Harnstoff" come from?
"Harnstoff" 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 "Harnstoff", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Gästebuch#57,927Golfkrieg#57,918Goldfisch#57,917Hirntumor#57,955

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list