haschen
[ˈhaʃn̩]
The verdict
“haschen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden (oder ein Tier in freier Natur) nach vorausgegangener Hatz fangen und in Gewahrsam, Verwahrung nehmen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaʃn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “haschen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for haschen is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaʃn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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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.
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Using “haschen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-S-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaʃn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.