hauptberuflichen

Name: hauptberuflichen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʁuːflɪçn̩]

/[ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʁuːflɪçn̩]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“hauptberuflichen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,086 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,086
frequency rank, German: 59,066
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich

Key facts for hauptberuflichen
Property	Value
Headword	hauptberuflichen
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʁuːflɪçn̩]
Letters	16
Frequency rank	#84,086
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hauptberuflichen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hauptberuflichen lands here:

#84,086

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hauptberuflichen is uncommon German at frequency #84,086 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʁuːflɪçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hauptberuflichen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 hauptberuflichen, spelled H-A-U-P-T-B-E-R-U-F-L-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

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Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
2
Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich
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Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich

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 "hauptberuflichen"?

"hauptberuflichen" is spelled H-A-U-P-T-B-E-R-U-F-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʁuːflɪçn̩].

What does "hauptberuflichen" mean?

As an adjective, "hauptberuflichen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hauptberuflich

How do you pronounce "hauptberuflichen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hauptberuflichen" is [ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʁuːflɪçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "hauptberuflichen" come from?

"hauptberuflichen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “hauptberuflichen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is H-A-U-P-T-B-E-R-U-F-L-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.