hâte
[ʔɑt]
The verdict
“hâte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hast, Geschwindigkeit, Tempo
Corpus desk
Index DE-hate · hâte · German
hâte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | hâte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʔɑt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hâte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hâte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʔɑt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hast, Geschwindigkeit, Tempo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hâte, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hâte, spelled H-Â-T-E.
Definition
- 1Hast, Geschwindigkeit, Tempo
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.