heimwärts

[ˈhaɪ̯mvɛʁt͡s]

/[ˈhaɪ̯mvɛʁt͡s]/ adv

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The verdict

“heimwärts” is uncommon German (frequency #93,038 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,038
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Richtung Heimat, Zuhause

Corpus desk

Index DE-heimwarts · heimwärts · German

heimwärts · rank #93,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,038
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH heimgekommen

Nearest frequency peer: heimgekommen (-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 „heimwärts“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heimwärts“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heimwärts
PropertyValue
Headwordheimwärts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯mvɛʁt͡s]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heimwärts“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).heimwärtsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „heimgekommen“ (#93,037), „Hauptraum“ (#93,031), „herausgehobene“ (#93,045). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heimwärts“ bei #93,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heimwärts is uncommon German at frequency #93,038 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯mvɛʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Richtung Heimat, Zuhause".

No generated misspelling entries exist for heimwärts in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is heimwärts, spelled H-E-I-M-W-Ä-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Richtung Heimat, Zuhause

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how heimwärts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mithilfe der Karte fanden sie den heimwärts führenden Weg.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heimwärts"?
"heimwärts" is spelled H-E-I-M-W-Ä-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯mvɛʁt͡s].
What does "heimwärts" mean?
As an adverb, "heimwärts" means: in Richtung Heimat, Zuhause
How do you pronounce "heimwärts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heimwärts" is [ˈhaɪ̯mvɛʁt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heimwärts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hauptraum#93,031Herzeleid#93,049gutmütige#93,020hinkriegt#93,057

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list