Hauptkirche

[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə]

/[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə]/ noun

The verdict

“Hauptkirche” is uncommon German (frequency #85,349 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,349
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - älteste, bedeutendste Kirche eines Bezirks, einer Stadt

Corpus desk

Index DE-hauptkirche · Hauptkirche · German

Hauptkirche · rank #85,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,349
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hausgeräte

Nearest frequency peer: Hausgeräte (+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 „Hauptkirche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hauptkirche
PropertyValue
HeadwordHauptkirche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,349
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptkirche“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Hauptkirchefällt 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: „Hausgeräte“ (#85,350), „Hattersheim“ (#85,347), „haring“ (#85,346). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hauptkirche“ bei #85,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hauptkirche is uncommon German at frequency #85,349 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "älteste, bedeutendste Kirche eines Bezirks, einer Stadt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hauptkirche, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hauptkirche, spelled H-A-U-P-T-K-I-R-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    älteste, bedeutendste Kirche eines Bezirks, einer Stadt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im mittelfränkischen Baiersdorf schlagen die Glocken der evangelischen Hauptkirche um mindestens 16,6 Dezibel zu laut.“
  2. „In der dortigen Hauptkirche entstand in den letzten Wochen ein Werk der beiden Künstler Marios Pergialis und Anthony di Paola, mit dem das Pestjahr 2020 vorläufig auf eine bündige, wenngleich niederschmetternde Bildformel gebracht wird.“

Synonyms

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 "Hauptkirche"?
"Hauptkirche" is spelled H-A-U-P-T-K-I-R-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə].
What does "Hauptkirche" mean?
As a noun, "Hauptkirche" means: älteste, bedeutendste Kirche eines Bezirks, einer Stadt
How do you pronounce "Hauptkirche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hauptkirche" is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌkɪʁçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hauptkirche" come from?
"Hauptkirche" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list