haschen
[ˈhaʃn̩]
The verdict
“haschen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden (oder ein Tier in freier Natur) nach vorausgegangener Hatz fangen und in Gewahrsam, Verwahrung nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-haschen · haschen · German
haschen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | haschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaʃn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „haschen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
haschen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for haschen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is haschen, spelled H-A-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden (oder ein Tier in freier Natur) nach vorausgegangener Hatz fangen und in Gewahrsam, Verwahrung nehmen
- 2jemanden oder etwas schnell (mit den Händen [oder, bei Tieren, sonstigen Greifwerkzeugen]) zu fassen bekommen
- 3einander (im Spiel nachlaufen und) zu fangen suchen; Haschen spielen
- 4(die Hände [oder, bei Tieren, sonstige Greifwerkzeuge]) schnell nach jemandem oder etwas ausstrecken, um ihn oder es (in bestimmter Absicht, zu einem bestimmten Zweck) zu ergreifen (suchen)
- 5gierig nach etwas trachten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Du biſt ja von ihnen deſertirt; und wenn ſie dich jezt haſchen, ſo ſchießen ſie dich todt!“
„Die Kinder haſchen Schmetterlinge, ſammeln Blumen in Körben, winden Kränze und ſchmücken ſich unter einander.“
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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.