harte Droge

/[ˈhaʁtə ˈdʁoːɡə]/ phrase

The verdict

“harte Droge” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: stark abhängig machende und meist schnell zu schweren körperlichen und psychischen Schäden führende Droge

Key facts for harte Droge
PropertyValue
Headwordharte Droge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈhaʁtə ˈdʁoːɡə]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “harte Droge” sits in German frequency

harte Droge falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for harte Droge is 11 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaʁtə ˈdʁoːɡə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "stark abhängig machende und meist schnell zu schweren körperlichen und psychischen Schäden führende Droge".

No misspelling variants are generated for harte Droge in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is harte Droge, spelled H-A-R-T-E- -D-R-O-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    stark abhängig machende und meist schnell zu schweren körperlichen und psychischen Schäden führende Droge

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "harte Droge"?
"harte Droge" is spelled H-A-R-T-E- -D-R-O-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʁtə ˈdʁoːɡə].
What does "harte Droge" mean?
As a phrase, "harte Droge" means: stark abhängig machende und meist schnell zu schweren körperlichen und psychischen Schäden führende Droge
How do you pronounce "harte Droge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harte Droge" is [ˈhaʁtə ˈdʁoːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harte Droge" come from?
"harte Droge" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “harte Droge”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-A-R-T-E- -D-R-O-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈhaʁtə ˈdʁoːɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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