Heimatfilm
[ˈhaɪ̯matˌfɪlm]
The verdict
“Heimatfilm” 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) - Film, meist gespielt in den Bergen von Österreich, Bayern oder der Schweiz
Corpus desk
Index DE-heimatfilm · Heimatfilm · German
Heimatfilm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Heimatfilm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯matˌfɪlm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heimatfilm“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heimatfilm is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯matˌfɪlm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Film, meist gespielt in den Bergen von Österreich, Bayern oder der Schweiz".
Zero misspellings are on record for Heimatfilm in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Heimatfilm, spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-F-I-L-M.
Definition
- 1Film, meist gespielt in den Bergen von Österreich, Bayern oder der Schweiz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heimatfilm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n“ ist ein Heimatfilm.
„Die durchschnittliche staatlich finanzierte TV-Serie, ob Soap, Heimatfilm, Arztserie oder Krimi, strahlt ein hohes Maß an Vertrauen in den Staat aus, stellt die Gesellschaft als grundsätzlich heil dar und fordert uns nicht zum Nachdenken auf: Alles ist gut, wie es ist.“
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.