Härtling
[ˈhɛʁtlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Härtling” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Erhebung, die sich wegen ihrer Widerstandsfähigkeit gegenüber der Abtragung und Verwitterung über die umgebende Landschaft abhebt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Härtling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁtlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Härtling” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Härtling is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɛʁtlɪŋ]. 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: "eine Erhebung, die sich wegen ihrer Widerstandsfähigkeit gegenüber der Abtragung und Verwitterung über die umgebende Landschaft abhebt".
Härtling has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Härtling, spelled H-Ä-R-T-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1eine Erhebung, die sich wegen ihrer Widerstandsfähigkeit gegenüber der Abtragung und Verwitterung über die umgebende Landschaft abhebt
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.
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Using “Härtling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ä-R-T-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.