Haubitze
[haʊ̯ˈbɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Haubitze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artilleriegeschütz zum indirekten sowie direkten Beschuss auf große Entfernung
Corpus desk
Index DE-haubitze · Haubitze · German
Haubitze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Haubitze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [haʊ̯ˈbɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haubitze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haubitze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [haʊ̯ˈbɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artilleriegeschütz zum indirekten sowie direkten Beschuss auf große Entfernung".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Haubitze, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Haubitze, spelled H-A-U-B-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Artilleriegeschütz zum indirekten sowie direkten Beschuss auf große Entfernung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Haubitze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Rohr einer Haubitze ist kürzer als das einer Kanone, dafür kann es in einem steileren Winkel angestellt werden.
„Eine ovale Photographie erklärte, daß es einmal einen jungen Kanonier Jepsen gegeben hatte, der neben einer leichten Haubitze kniete wie vor einem Altar, derselbe Kanonier trug in Galizien einen Mantel und sang mit anderen Kanonieren einen Weihnachtsbaum an.“
This word in other languages
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.