hartherzig
[ˈhaʁtˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]
The verdict
“hartherzig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich nicht auf das Leid/Unglück anderer einlassend: ohne Mitgefühl/Mitleid
Corpus desk
Index DE-hartherzig · hartherzig · German
hartherzig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | hartherzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaʁtˌhɛʁt͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hartherzig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hartherzig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaʁtˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich nicht auf das Leid/Unglück anderer einlassend: ohne Mitgefühl/Mitleid".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hartherzig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hartherzig, spelled H-A-R-T-H-E-R-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1sich nicht auf das Leid/Unglück anderer einlassend: ohne Mitgefühl/Mitleid
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hartherzig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist schlicht mitleidlos und hartherzig, Flüchtlinge im Mittelmeer einfach ersaufen zu lassen.
„Der Mammon ist der ‚Gott‘ des Jedermann. Der reiche Mann führt ein verschwenderisches Leben und ist hartherzig gegenüber den Armen.“
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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.