hebeln
[ˈheːbl̩n]
The verdict
“hebeln” is uncommon German (frequency #58,858 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,858
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mithilfe eines Hebels oder eines Hebelgriffes in die Höhe heben oder von der Stelle bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hebeln · hebeln · German
hebeln · rank #58,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,858
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hauptes
Nearest frequency peer: Hauptes (-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 „hebeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hartplatz
Hartplatz
41,145 corpus weight
- Hauptes
Hauptes
41,144 corpus weight
- hebeln
hebeln
41,143 corpus weight
- Heftchen
Heftchen
41,142 corpus weight
- Heimatkunde
Heimatkunde
41,141 corpus weight
- Heimwerker
Heimwerker
41,140 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hebeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hebeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈheːbl̩n] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hebeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hebeln is uncommon German at frequency #58,858 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈheːbl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hebeln has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 hebeln, spelled H-E-B-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mithilfe eines Hebels oder eines Hebelgriffes in die Höhe heben oder von der Stelle bewegen
- 2etwas mit Sauerteig versehen, etwas säuern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hebeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Tranchenlösung ist ein Instrument, um die Verlustzuweisung in Prozent der Kommanditeinlage nach oben zu hebeln.“
Heble den Teig und lass ihn über Nacht stehen.
This word in other languages
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.
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