Hemdchen
[ˈhɛmtçən]
The verdict
“Hemdchen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines/kurzes Hemd
Corpus desk
Index DE-hemdchen · Hemdchen · German
Hemdchen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hemdchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛmtçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hemdchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hemdchen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛmtçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines/kurzes Hemd".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hemdchen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hemdchen, spelled H-E-M-D-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleines/kurzes Hemd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hemdchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es war mit einem karminroten wollenen Hemdchen bekleidet.“
„Die Brüsseler Spitzen an dem Hemdchen waren gelb geworden, das Pelzchen war ganz zernagt, das übrige war verlegen und morsch.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.