Heckscheibe
[ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə]
The verdict
“Heckscheibe” is uncommon German (frequency #54,604 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,604
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hintere Scheibe eines Fahrzeuges, durch welche die Sicht nach hinten ermöglicht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-heckscheibe · Heckscheibe · German
Heckscheibe · rank #54,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,604
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heiligsten
Nearest frequency peer: heiligsten (+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 „Heckscheibe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hauptschüler
Hauptschüler
45,401 corpus weight
- Hauptstelle
Hauptstelle
45,400 corpus weight
- Heckscheibe
Heckscheibe
45,397 corpus weight
- heiligsten
heiligsten
45,396 corpus weight
- heimkommen
heimkommen
45,395 corpus weight
- heiz
heiz
45,394 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heckscheibe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heckscheibe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heckscheibe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heckscheibe is uncommon German at frequency #54,604 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hintere Scheibe eines Fahrzeuges, durch welche die Sicht nach hinten ermöglicht wird".
Heckscheibe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Heckscheibe, spelled H-E-C-K-S-C-H-E-I-B-E.
Definition
- 1hintere Scheibe eines Fahrzeuges, durch welche die Sicht nach hinten ermöglicht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heckscheibe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich muss die Heckscheibe mal wieder sauber machen.
„Josianne und Angel saßen sicher geschützt hinter den Heckscheiben des Land Cruisers, und ich bemerkte, dass die Fahrt auf einem Motorrad sowohl Vor- als auch Nachteile hatte.“
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).