Heimkehrer
[ˈhaɪ̯mˌkeːʁɐ]
The verdict
“Heimkehrer” is uncommon German (frequency #70,373 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,373
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die nach langer Abwesenheit in die Heimat zurückkommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-heimkehrer · Heimkehrer · German
Heimkehrer · rank #70,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,373
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heilsame
Nearest frequency peer: heilsame (-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 „Heimkehrer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hearing
hearing
29,633 corpus weight
- Heftes
Heftes
29,632 corpus weight
- heilsame
heilsame
29,629 corpus weight
- Heimkehrer
Heimkehrer
29,628 corpus weight
- Heldentat
Heldentat
29,626 corpus weight
- Heldentum
Heldentum
29,625 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heimkehrer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heimkehrer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯mˌkeːʁɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heimkehrer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heimkehrer is uncommon German at frequency #70,373 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯mˌkeːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Heimkehrer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Heimkehrer, spelled H-E-I-M-K-E-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die nach langer Abwesenheit in die Heimat zurückkommt
- 2Person, die aus Kriegsgefangenschaft zurückkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heimkehrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die aus Frankreich ausgewiesenen 75 Roma sind in Bukarest angekommen. […] Nach französischen Angaben bekam jeder erwachsene Heimkehrer 300 Euro und jedes dazugehörige Kind 100 Euro.
„Und ich war ein Heimkehrer in den Augen einer unerwartet großen Zahl von Menschen, die sich an meine Stücke erinnerten, als ob sie nicht zwölf Jahre lang verboten gewesen wären.“
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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