heranlassen
[hɛˈʁanˌlasn̩]
The verdict
“heranlassen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nichts dagegen unternehmen, dass jemand oder etwas (räumlich oder gefühlsmäßig) näher herankommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-heranlassen · heranlassen · German
heranlassen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | heranlassen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁanˌlasn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heranlassen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heranlassen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁanˌlasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
heranlassen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is heranlassen, spelled H-E-R-A-N-L-A-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1nichts dagegen unternehmen, dass jemand oder etwas (räumlich oder gefühlsmäßig) näher herankommt
- 2einem anderen die sexuelle Annäherung gestatten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heranlassen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn wir die Kinder näher heranlassen, können sie viel besser sehen.
Den Tod der Eltern hat er gar nicht an sich herangelassen.
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.