Heimwerker

[ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]

/[ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Heimwerker” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,861 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#58,861
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die bei sich daheim handwerkliche Arbeiten durchführt

Key facts for Heimwerker
PropertyValue
HeadwordHeimwerker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Heimwerker” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Heimwerker lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Heimwerker is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,861 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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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Using “Heimwerker”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-E-I-M-W-E-R-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈhaɪ̯mˌvɛʁkɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list