Hefeteig

[ˈheːfəˌtaɪ̯k]

/[ˈheːfəˌtaɪ̯k]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hefeteig” is uncommon German (frequency #60,651 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,651
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teig aus Mehl, Wasser, etwas Salz und Hefe als Triebmittel

Corpus desk

Index DE-hefeteig · Hefeteig · German

Hefeteig · rank #60,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,651
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hedge

Nearest frequency peer: hedge (-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 „Hefeteig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hefeteig
PropertyValue
HeadwordHefeteig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈheːfəˌtaɪ̯k]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,651
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hefeteig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hedge“ (#60,650), „Hegau“ (#60,652), „Hegels“ (#60,653). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hefeteig“ bei #60,651. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hefeteig is uncommon German at frequency #60,651 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈheːfəˌtaɪ̯k]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teig aus Mehl, Wasser, etwas Salz und Hefe als Triebmittel".

Hefeteig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Hefeteig, spelled H-E-F-E-T-E-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Teig aus Mehl, Wasser, etwas Salz und Hefe als Triebmittel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nach dem Verkneten der Zutaten muss der Hefeteig an einem warmen Ort ruhen, damit er aufgeht.
  2. Buchteln und Dampfnudeln werden mit Hefeteig hergestellt.

Synonyms

Germteig

Antonyms

BlätterteigMürbeteigRührteig

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 "Hefeteig"?
"Hefeteig" is spelled H-E-F-E-T-E-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈheːfəˌtaɪ̯k].
What does "Hefeteig" mean?
As a noun, "Hefeteig" means: Teig aus Mehl, Wasser, etwas Salz und Hefe als Triebmittel
How do you pronounce "Hefeteig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hefeteig" is [ˈheːfəˌtaɪ̯k]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hefeteig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list