Hehler
[ˈheːlɐ]
The verdict
“Hehler” is uncommon German (frequency #67,310 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,310
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die gestohlenes Gut verkauft oder anders verwertet
Corpus desk
Index DE-hehler · Hehler · German
Hehler · rank #67,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,310
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hebebühne
Nearest frequency peer: Hebebühne (-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 „Hehler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hauslehrer
Hauslehrer
32,696 corpus weight
- Hausmannsko…
Hausmannskost
32,695 corpus weight
- Hebebühne
Hebebühne
32,692 corpus weight
- Hehler
Hehler
32,691 corpus weight
- Heilungspro…
Heilungsprozess
32,690 corpus weight
- heimfahren
heimfahren
32,688 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hehler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hehler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːlɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hehler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hehler is uncommon German at frequency #67,310 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈheːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die gestohlenes Gut verkauft oder anders verwertet".
Hehler 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Hehler, spelled H-E-H-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die gestohlenes Gut verkauft oder anders verwertet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hehler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch wer gestohlene Sachen unwissentlich billig kauft und dann weiterverkauft, kann als Hehler bestraft werden.
„Stevenson erfaßte statt seiner den Sohn, der ebenfalls herbeigesprungen war, den Verbrecher zu halten; ein zweiter Blitz verriet ihnen aber die fliehende Gestalt des Hehlers, und auch Weston, den die erste Überraschung fast gelähmt hatte, floh der Stelle zu, auf der sie eben die Umzäunung betreten.“
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.
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