hartgesotten
[ˈhaʁtɡəˌzɔtn̩]
The verdict
“hartgesotten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht zu beeindrucken, skrupellos, unempfänglich für Gefühle
Corpus desk
Index DE-hartgesotten · hartgesotten · German
hartgesotten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | hartgesotten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaʁtɡəˌzɔtn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hartgesotten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hartgesotten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaʁtɡəˌzɔtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht zu beeindrucken, skrupellos, unempfänglich für Gefühle".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hartgesotten, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hartgesotten, spelled H-A-R-T-G-E-S-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht zu beeindrucken, skrupellos, unempfänglich für Gefühle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hartgesotten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Katastrophe von Fukushima machte selbst hartgesottene Atom-Freunde in Deutschland zu entschiedenen Kernkraftgegnern.“
Einem Gerichtsverfahren wird sich auch der hartgesottenste Arbeitgeber nicht gern unterziehen.
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.