Hennigsdorf

[ˈhɛnɪçsˌdɔʁf]

/[ˈhɛnɪçsˌdɔʁf]/ name

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The verdict

“Hennigsdorf” is uncommon German (frequency #52,928 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,928
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Brandenburg

Corpus desk

Index DE-hennigsdorf · Hennigsdorf · German

Hennigsdorf · rank #52,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,928
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hellere

Nearest frequency peer: hellere (-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 „Hennigsdorf“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hennigsdorf
PropertyValue
HeadwordHennigsdorf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈhɛnɪçsˌdɔʁf]
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,928
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hennigsdorf“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hennigsdorffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hellere“ (#52,927), „helau“ (#52,926), „Herausgeberin“ (#52,930). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hennigsdorf“ bei #52,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hennigsdorf is uncommon German at frequency #52,928 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhɛnɪçsˌdɔʁf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Brandenburg".

Hennigsdorf doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Hennigsdorf, spelled H-E-N-N-I-G-S-D-O-R-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Brandenburg

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 "Hennigsdorf"?
"Hennigsdorf" is spelled H-E-N-N-I-G-S-D-O-R-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛnɪçsˌdɔʁf].
What does "Hennigsdorf" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hennigsdorf" means: Stadt in Brandenburg
How do you pronounce "Hennigsdorf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hennigsdorf" is [ˈhɛnɪçsˌdɔʁf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hennigsdorf" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Heerscharen#52,923Hermeneutik#52,933indianische#52,950installiere#52,957

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list