Heckscheibe

[ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə]

/[ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Heckscheibe
PropertyValue
HeadwordHeckscheibe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Heckscheibe“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „heiligsten“ (#54,605), „heimkommen“ (#54,606), „Hauptstelle“ (#54,601). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Heckscheibe“ bei #54,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    hintere Scheibe eines Fahrzeuges, durch welche die Sicht nach hinten ermöglicht wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich muss die Heckscheibe mal wieder sauber machen.
  2. „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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Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Heckscheibe"?
"Heckscheibe" is spelled H-E-C-K-S-C-H-E-I-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə].
What does "Heckscheibe" mean?
As a noun, "Heckscheibe" means: hintere Scheibe eines Fahrzeuges, durch welche die Sicht nach hinten ermöglicht wird
How do you pronounce "Heckscheibe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Heckscheibe" is [ˈhɛkʃaɪ̯bə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Heckscheibe" come from?
"Heckscheibe" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list