hasten

[ˈhastn̩]

/[ˈhastn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“hasten” is uncommon German (frequency #89,048 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,048
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich schnell bewegen, sich in Hast bewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-hasten · hasten · German

hasten · rank #89,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,048
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH haul

Nearest frequency peer: haul (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hasten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hasten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hasten
PropertyValue
Headwordhasten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhastn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hasten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.hastenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „haul“ (#89,049), „Hartholz“ (#89,046), „Hauptausschusses“ (#89,050). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hasten“ bei #89,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hasten is uncommon German at frequency #89,048 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhastn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

hasten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hasten, spelled H-A-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich schnell bewegen, sich in Hast bewegen
  2. 2
    schnell und stoßartig reden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hasten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Am Frankfurter Hauptbahnhof hasten täglich über 300.000 Reisende zu ihren Zügen.
  2. Der Mann hastete „Rufen Sie die Polizei!“, bevor ich ihn fragen konnte, was los ist.

Synonyms

eilenhetzen

Antonyms

schleichenrastenruhenwarten

This word in other languages

hurry(English)hâter(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hasten"?
"hasten" is spelled H-A-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhastn̩].
What does "hasten" mean?
As a verb, "hasten" means: sich schnell bewegen, sich in Hast bewegen
How do you pronounce "hasten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hasten" is [ˈhastn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hasten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hasten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hausse#89,057habits#89,037Hobeln#89,080Gaucks#88,965

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list