Heftzwecke
[ˈhɛftˌt͡svɛkə]
The verdict
“Heftzwecke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein kurzer Nagel mit einem großflächigen, platten Kopf zum Anheften von Papier
Corpus desk
Index DE-heftzwecke · Heftzwecke · German
Heftzwecke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Heftzwecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛftˌt͡svɛkə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heftzwecke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heftzwecke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛftˌt͡svɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein kurzer Nagel mit einem großflächigen, platten Kopf zum Anheften von Papier".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Heftzwecke, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Heftzwecke, spelled H-E-F-T-Z-W-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1ein kurzer Nagel mit einem großflächigen, platten Kopf zum Anheften von Papier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heftzwecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An einer Heftzwecke kann man sich durchaus ernsthaft verletzen.
„An seinem Schreibtisch hingen ein Poster von Homer Simpson, ein Kalender der NASA, ein Poster mit dem Namen »Pale Blue Dot« und eine Kopie seiner Promotionsurkunde, die lediglich mit einer Heftzwecke an der Wand fixiert war.“
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.