Heiligenhafen

[ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩ˈhaːfn̩]

/[ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩ˈhaːfn̩]/ name

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The verdict

“Heiligenhafen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,701 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,701
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-heiligenhafen · Heiligenhafen · German

Heiligenhafen · rank #95,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,701
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heidentum

Nearest frequency peer: Heidentum (-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 „Heiligenhafen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Heiligenhafen
PropertyValue
HeadwordHeiligenhafen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩ˈhaːfn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#95,701
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Heiligenhafen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Heiligenhafenfällt 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: „Heidentum“ (#95,700), „Heilkräfte“ (#95,702), „Hautkrankheit“ (#95,698). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Heiligenhafen“ bei #95,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Heiligenhafen is uncommon German at frequency #95,701 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩ˈhaːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Heiligenhafen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Heiligenhafen, spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E-N-H-A-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Heiligenhafen liegt in Deutschlands Norden.

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 "Heiligenhafen"?
"Heiligenhafen" is spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-E-N-H-A-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩ˈhaːfn̩].
What does "Heiligenhafen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Heiligenhafen" means: eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Heiligenhafen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Heiligenhafen" is [ˌhaɪ̯lɪɡn̩ˈhaːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Heiligenhafen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hautkrankheit#95,698harmonisieren#95,690Hollywoodstar#95,732glücklicheren#95,658

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list