Hauskauf

[ˈhaʊ̯sˌkaʊ̯f]

/[ˈhaʊ̯sˌkaʊ̯f]/ noun

The verdict

“Hauskauf” is uncommon German (frequency #55,396 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,396
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - käuflicher Erwerb eines Hauses

Corpus desk

Index DE-hauskauf · Hauskauf · German

Hauskauf · rank #55,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,396
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Haushaltes

Nearest frequency peer: Haushaltes (-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 „Hauskauf“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hauskauf
PropertyValue
HeadwordHauskauf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʊ̯sˌkaʊ̯f]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,396
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauskauf“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hauskauffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Haushaltes“ (#55,395), „Hausnummern“ (#55,397), „Hauptsatz“ (#55,394). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hauskauf“ bei #55,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hauskauf is uncommon German at frequency #55,396 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯sˌkaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "käuflicher Erwerb eines Hauses".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hauskauf, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hauskauf, spelled H-A-U-S-K-A-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    käuflicher Erwerb eines Hauses

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Kristensa erfuhr von dem Hauskauf erst, als sie aus dem Krankenhaus nach Hause kam.“
  2. „Die sollten ihm einen Hauskauf ermöglichen.“

Antonyms

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 "Hauskauf"?
"Hauskauf" is spelled H-A-U-S-K-A-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯sˌkaʊ̯f].
What does "Hauskauf" mean?
As a noun, "Hauskauf" means: käuflicher Erwerb eines Hauses
How do you pronounce "Hauskauf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hauskauf" is [ˈhaʊ̯sˌkaʊ̯f]. 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 "Hauskauf", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list