heimelig
[ˈhaɪ̯məlɪç]
The verdict
“heimelig” is uncommon German (frequency #97,128 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,128
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behaglichkeit und Gemütlichkeit ausstrahlend
Corpus desk
Index DE-heimelig · heimelig · German
heimelig · rank #97,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,128
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heimatmuseums
Nearest frequency peer: Heimatmuseums (-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 „heimelig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- heidnischer
heidnischer
2,876 corpus weight
- Heimatmuseu…
Heimatmuseums
2,874 corpus weight
- heimelig
heimelig
2,873 corpus weight
- Heimleiter
Heimleiter
2,872 corpus weight
- Henoch
Henoch
2,870 corpus weight
- herbeigefüh…
herbeigeführte
2,867 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heimelig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heimelig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯məlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heimelig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heimelig is uncommon German at frequency #97,128 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯məlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for heimelig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is heimelig, spelled H-E-I-M-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1Behaglichkeit und Gemütlichkeit ausstrahlend
- 2Zutrauen habend, anhänglich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heimelig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch gedämmtes Licht und Kerzen wurde das Zimmer heimelig.
„Den schweizerischen Gymnasiasten muthet es heimelig an, wenn er vernimmt, daſs das Maskulinum zu πᾶν nich πανς, sondern πᾶς lautet, […]“
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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