Harpyie
[haʁˈpyːjə]
The verdict
“Harpyie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großer Greifvogel, der in den tropischen Regenwäldern Mittel- und Südamerikas lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-harpyie · Harpyie · German
Harpyie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harpyie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [haʁˈpyːjə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Harpyie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Harpyie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [haʁˈpyːjə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Harpyie, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Harpyie, spelled H-A-R-P-Y-I-E.
Definition
- 1großer Greifvogel, der in den tropischen Regenwäldern Mittel- und Südamerikas lebt
- 2Sturmdämon in Gestalt eines Vogels mit Frauenkopf in der griechischen Mythologie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Harpyie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Harpyien erbeuten und fressen auch ganze Faultiere und mittelgroße Affen.
Der Körperbau der Harpyie ermöglicht das Erjagen von Tieren in den dicht bewachsenen Baumkronen des Regenwaldes.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.