Hausboot

[ˈhaʊ̯sˌboːt]

/[ˈhaʊ̯sˌboːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hausboot” is uncommon German (frequency #51,396 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,396
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boot, das als Wohnung dient

Corpus desk

Index DE-hausboot · Hausboot · German

Hausboot · rank #51,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,396
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hauptsächliche

Nearest frequency peer: hauptsächliche (-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 „Hausboot“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hausboot
PropertyValue
HeadwordHausboot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʊ̯sˌboːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,396
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hausboot“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hausbootfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hauptsächliche“ (#51,395), „Hauptort“ (#51,394), „HDP“ (#51,398). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hausboot“ bei #51,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hausboot is uncommon German at frequency #51,396 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯sˌboːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boot, das als Wohnung dient".

No misspelling variants are generated for Hausboot in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Hausboot, spelled H-A-U-S-B-O-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boot, das als Wohnung dient

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im Hafen von Sausalito kann man immer Hausboote sehen.
  2. „Sie stand am großen Kreisverkehr und sah aus wie ein gestrandetes Hausboot.“

This word in other languages

houseboat(English)

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 "Hausboot"?
"Hausboot" is spelled H-A-U-S-B-O-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯sˌboːt].
What does "Hausboot" mean?
As a noun, "Hausboot" means: Boot, das als Wohnung dient
How do you pronounce "Hausboot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hausboot" is [ˈhaʊ̯sˌboːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hauptort#51,394heiteres#51,401Herzfeld#51,405hinsieht#51,412

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list