Haudegen
[ˈhaʊ̯ˌdeːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Haudegen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,433 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,433
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im 17. Jahrhundert benutzter Degen mit zwei Schneiden zum Hauen und Schlagen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haudegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ˌdeːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Haudegen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Haudegen is uncommon German at frequency #71,433 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ˌdeːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Haudegen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Haudegen, spelled H-A-U-D-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1im 17. Jahrhundert benutzter Degen mit zwei Schneiden zum Hauen und Schlagen
- 2übertragen von der Waffe: Soldat mit Kampferfahrungen, der sich durch seine verwegene und draufgängerische Art auszeichnet
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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.
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Using “Haudegen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-A-U-D-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhaʊ̯ˌdeːɡn̩] (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.