harschen

[ˈhaʁʃn̩]

/[ˈhaʁʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“harschen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,081 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,081
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - harsch werden, im Sinne von Verharschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-harschen · harschen · German

harschen · rank #84,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,081
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harmonium

Nearest frequency peer: Harmonium (-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 „harschen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for harschen
PropertyValue
Headwordharschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhaʁʃn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „harschen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Harmonium“ (#84,080), „Harze“ (#84,082), „Hantel“ (#84,079). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „harschen“ bei #84,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

harschen is uncommon German at frequency #84,081 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaʁʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for harschen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is harschen, spelled H-A-R-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    harsch werden, im Sinne von Verharschen
  2. 2
    eine Eiskruste erzeugen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Sommer ging so schnell, daß die Bäche von einem auf den anderen Tag harschten.
  2. In dem wütenden Sturm harschte der Frost; einem Schneegestöber gleich, fiel der Reif anfrierend herab und umzog die Landschaft mit Glatteis.

Synonyms

unwirschenverharschenvereisenQuasisynonymzufrieren

Antonyms

schmelzentauen

This word in other languages

harshen(English)apelmazar(Español)verglacer(Français)

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 "harschen"?
"harschen" is spelled H-A-R-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁʃn̩].
What does "harschen" mean?
As a verb, "harschen" means: harsch werden, im Sinne von Verharschen
How do you pronounce "harschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harschen" is [ˈhaʁʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harschen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Heraldik#84,092Hochadel#84,101Grizzlys#84,049Höhenzug#84,125

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list