hausbacken
[ˈhaʊ̯sˌbakn̩]
The verdict
“hausbacken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für den eigenen Verbrauch zu Hause gebacken
Corpus desk
Index DE-hausbacken · hausbacken · German
hausbacken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | hausbacken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯sˌbakn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hausbacken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hausbacken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯sˌbakn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hausbacken, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hausbacken, spelled H-A-U-S-B-A-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1für den eigenen Verbrauch zu Hause gebacken
- 2langweilig und brav, ohne das gewisse Etwas, ohne Reiz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hausbacken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Adventszeit freut sich die ganze Familie auf unser hausbackenes Schokoladenbrot.
Die hausbackenen Mädels hocken den ganzen Abschlussball auf ihren Stühlen und werden einfach nicht zum Tanzen aufgefordert.
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.