harsche

[ˈhaʁʃə]

/[ˈhaʁʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“harsche” is uncommon German (frequency #56,203 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,203
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch

Corpus desk

Index DE-harsche · harsche · German

harsche · rank #56,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,203
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harnröhre

Nearest frequency peer: Harnröhre (-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 „harsche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for harsche
PropertyValue
Headwordharsche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhaʁʃə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,203
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „harsche“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Harnröhre“ (#56,202), „harmloses“ (#56,201), „Hebron“ (#56,205). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „harsche“ bei #56,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

harsche is uncommon German at frequency #56,203 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaʁʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for harsche, 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is harsche, spelled H-A-R-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch

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 "harsche"?
"harsche" is spelled H-A-R-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁʃə].
What does "harsche" mean?
As an adjective, "harsche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs harsch
How do you pronounce "harsche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harsche" is [ˈhaʁʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harsche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "harsche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

heikles#56,207Glitter#56,176Geruchs#56,161gerockt#56,160

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list