herablassen

[hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]

/[hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“herablassen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,707 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,707
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden von oben nach unten holen/schicken/abseilen

Corpus desk

Index DE-herablassen · herablassen · German

herablassen · rank #95,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,707
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herausragt

Nearest frequency peer: herausragt (+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 „herablassen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herablassen
PropertyValue
Headwordherablassen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herablassen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „herausragt“ (#95,708), „heizte“ (#95,705), „Hernals“ (#95,710). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herablassen“ bei #95,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herablassen is uncommon German at frequency #95,707 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁapˌlasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how herablassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Korb wurde mit Hilfe einer Winde in den Schacht herabgelassen.
  2. Geschmeidig ließ sie sich an der Garagenwand herab.

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?
"herablassen" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Hauptmieter#95,696Hauptarbeit#95,693hauchdünnen#95,692Hintertüren#95,723

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list