Heftpflaster
[ˈhɛftˌp͡flastɐ]
The verdict
“Heftpflaster” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - klebender Textil- oder Plastikstreifen zum Befestigen eines Verbandes oder, dann mit einer Auflage aus Mull, direkt zum Bedecken von Wunden
Corpus desk
Index DE-heftpflaster · Heftpflaster · German
Heftpflaster · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heftpflaster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛftˌp͡flastɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heftpflaster“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heftpflaster is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛftˌp͡flastɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "klebender Textil- oder Plastikstreifen zum Befestigen eines Verbandes oder, dann mit einer Auflage aus Mull, direkt zum Bedecken von Wunden".
Heftpflaster has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Heftpflaster, spelled H-E-F-T-P-F-L-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1klebender Textil- oder Plastikstreifen zum Befestigen eines Verbandes oder, dann mit einer Auflage aus Mull, direkt zum Bedecken von Wunden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heftpflaster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das selbstklebende Heftpflaster wurde 1882 von Beiersdorf erfunden.
„Der einfachste Verband ist das Heftpflaster, eine kleine sterile Wundauflage, die mit einem Pflaster fest verbunden ist.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.