hdl

abbrev

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The verdict

“hdl” is uncommon German (frequency #66,300 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,300
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hab dich lieb

Corpus desk

Index DE-hdl · hdl · German

hdl · rank #66,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,300
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heeresgruppe

Nearest frequency peer: Heeresgruppe (+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 „hdl“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hdl
PropertyValue
Headwordhdl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#66,300
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hdl“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Heeresgruppe“ (#66,301), „Hausbesetzer“ (#66,298), „Hefen“ (#66,302). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hdl“ bei #66,300. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hdl is uncommon German at frequency #66,300 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hab dich lieb".

hdl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hdl, spelled H-D-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    hab dich lieb

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. bis morgen! hdl, anni

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 "hdl"?
"hdl" is spelled H-D-L.
What does "hdl" mean?
As an abbreviation, "hdl" means: hab dich lieb
What language does "hdl" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hem#66,309KIP#66,386emu#66,160lüg#66,459

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list