heilighalten
[ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌhaltn̩]
The verdict
“heilighalten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - in Ehren halten, würdig und mit Respekt behandeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-heilighalten · heilighalten · German
heilighalten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | heilighalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heilighalten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heilighalten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lɪçˌhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Ehren halten, würdig und mit Respekt behandeln".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heilighalten, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is heilighalten, spelled H-E-I-L-I-G-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1in Ehren halten, würdig und mit Respekt behandeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heilighalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gern werden die, die Reinhards Andenken heilighalten, auch diese lehrreichen und gemüthlichen Aeusserungen lesen und beherzigen.“ (1823)
„Ein weiterer Grund, warum Juden den Schabbat heilighalten, ist der, dass sie damit des Auszugs aus Ägypten gedenken.“
Antonyms
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.