Heinzelmännchen
[ˈhaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌmɛnçən]
The verdict
“Heinzelmännchen” is uncommon German (frequency #89,060 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,060
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - liebevoller Zwerg oder Hausgeist, der heimlich die Arbeit von Menschen verrichtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-heinzelmannchen · Heinzelmännchen · German
Heinzelmännchen · rank #89,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,060
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hausse
Nearest frequency peer: Hausse (-3 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 „Heinzelmännchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Haushaltsge…
Haushaltsgeräten
10,946 corpus weight
- Hausherrin
Hausherrin
10,945 corpus weight
- Hausse
Hausse
10,944 corpus weight
- Heinzelmänn…
Heinzelmännchen
10,941 corpus weight
- Henkels
Henkels
10,938 corpus weight
- Henninger
Henninger
10,937 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heinzelmännchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heinzelmännchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌmɛnçən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #89,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heinzelmännchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heinzelmännchen is uncommon German at frequency #89,060 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌmɛnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "liebevoller Zwerg oder Hausgeist, der heimlich die Arbeit von Menschen verrichtet".
Heinzelmännchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Heinzelmännchen, spelled H-E-I-N-Z-E-L-M-Ä-N-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1liebevoller Zwerg oder Hausgeist, der heimlich die Arbeit von Menschen verrichtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heinzelmännchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie war's in Köln doch vordem, mit Heinzelmännchen so bequem.“
„Nun sollten aber auch die anderen aufstehen, damit man denen sagen konnte, daß die Heinzelmänchen den Tisch gedeckt hätten.“
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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