herablassen

Name: herablassen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]

/[hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]/ verb

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“herablassen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #95,707 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#95,707
frequency rank, German: 11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden von oben nach unten holen/schicken/abseilen

Key facts for herablassen
Property	Value
Headword	herablassen
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#95,707
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “herablassen” 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). herablassen lands here:

#95,707

#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 herablassen is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,707 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for herablassen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is herablassen, spelled H-E-R-A-B-L-A-S-S-E-N.

Definition

1
etwas oder jemanden von oben nach unten holen/schicken/abseilen
2
(ohne dass es erwartet werden kann) helfen, sich gnädig bereiterklären, etwas zu tun oder Kontakt aufzunehmen

Antonyms

hinaufziehenweigern

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 "herablassen"?

"herablassen" is spelled H-E-R-A-B-L-A-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩].

What does "herablassen" mean?

As a verb, "herablassen" means: etwas oder jemanden von oben nach unten holen/schicken/abseilen

How do you pronounce "herablassen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herablassen" is [hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "herablassen" come from?

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Using “herablassen”

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

The one correct German spelling is H-E-R-A-B-L-A-S-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩] (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.