heimfahren
[ˈhaɪ̯mˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“heimfahren” is uncommon German (frequency #67,313 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,313
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nachhause fahren, in seine Heimat fahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-heimfahren · heimfahren · German
heimfahren · rank #67,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,313
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Heilungsproze…
Nearest frequency peer: Heilungsprozess (-2 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 „heimfahren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hebebühne
Hebebühne
32,692 corpus weight
- Hehler
Hehler
32,691 corpus weight
- Heilungspro…
Heilungsprozess
32,690 corpus weight
- heimfahren
heimfahren
32,688 corpus weight
- Herausgebern
Herausgebern
32,685 corpus weight
- herauszuste…
herauszustellen
32,684 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heimfahren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heimfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯mˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heimfahren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heimfahren is uncommon German at frequency #67,313 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯mˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heimfahren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is heimfahren, spelled H-E-I-M-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1nachhause fahren, in seine Heimat fahren
- 2mit einem Fahrzeug nach Hause transportieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heimfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erst als wir in der Nacht heimfuhren, auf den Straßen überall abgerissene Äste lagen und wir für eine Strecke, die man sonst in 30 Minuten zurücklegt, 2,5 Stunden brauchten, da dämmerte mir dann doch Schlimmes.
Ich bin oftmals in dieser Saison total enttäuscht heimgefahren, aber nicht nur wegen eines schlechten Ergebnisses, sondern ganz klar deswegen, weil mir einfach der letzte Biss gefehlt hat.
Synonyms
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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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