Heimathafen
[ˈhaɪ̯matˌhaːfn̩]
The verdict
“Heimathafen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,209 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,209
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „Hafen, in dessen Schiffsregister ein Schiff eingetragen ist“
Corpus desk
Index DE-heimathafen · Heimathafen · German
Heimathafen · rank #56,209 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,209
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heiligenschein
Nearest frequency peer: Heiligenschein (-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 „Heimathafen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- heikles
heikles
43,794 corpus weight
- Heiligensch…
Heiligenschein
43,793 corpus weight
- Heimathafen
Heimathafen
43,792 corpus weight
- Helferin
Helferin
43,791 corpus weight
- hellblauen
hellblauen
43,790 corpus weight
- hernehmen
hernehmen
43,789 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heimathafen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heimathafen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯matˌhaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heimathafen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heimathafen is uncommon German at frequency #56,209 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯matˌhaːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Heimathafen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Heimathafen, spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-H-A-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1„Hafen, in dessen Schiffsregister ein Schiff eingetragen ist“
- 2Hafen, in dem jemand stationiert ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heimathafen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vom Erlös kaufte er dort Erzeugnisse wie Zuckerrohr und Baumwolle, womit er in die Heimathäfen zurückkehrte.“
„Nach dem Erfolg in ihrem Heimathafen machten sich Tausende Matrosen und Marinesoldaten per Zug auf den Weg in ihre Heimatstädte, um die Flamme des Aufstandes weiterzuverbreiten.“
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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