Heimwerker

[ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]

/[ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Heimwerker” is uncommon German (frequency #58,861 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,861
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die bei sich daheim handwerkliche Arbeiten durchführt

Corpus desk

Index DE-heimwerker · Heimwerker · German

Heimwerker · rank #58,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,861
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heimatkunde

Nearest frequency peer: Heimatkunde (-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 „Heimwerker“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Heimwerker
PropertyValue
HeadwordHeimwerker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Heimwerker“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Heimatkunde“ (#58,860), „hektische“ (#58,862), „Heftchen“ (#58,859). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Heimwerker“ bei #58,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Heimwerker is uncommon German at frequency #58,861 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die bei sich daheim handwerkliche Arbeiten durchführt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Heimwerker, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Heimwerker, spelled H-E-I-M-W-E-R-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die bei sich daheim handwerkliche Arbeiten durchführt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Als Heimwerker weiß er, wie man das Bad fliest.

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 "Heimwerker"?
"Heimwerker" is spelled H-E-I-M-W-E-R-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ].
What does "Heimwerker" mean?
As a noun, "Heimwerker" means: Person, die bei sich daheim handwerkliche Arbeiten durchführt
How do you pronounce "Heimwerker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Heimwerker" is [ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Heimwerker" come from?
"Heimwerker" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list