heraushalten
[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌhaltn̩]
The verdict
“heraushalten” is an uncommon German word, ranked #78,099 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #78,099
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (etwas) aus dem Inneren, aus einem bestimmten Bereich in einen anderen Bereich, an eine andere Stelle halten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heraushalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #78,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heraushalten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for heraushalten is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌhaltn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #78,099 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heraushalten, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is heraushalten, spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas) aus dem Inneren, aus einem bestimmten Bereich in einen anderen Bereich, an eine andere Stelle halten
- 2(jemanden oder etwas) räumlich auf Distanz halten, nicht in einen bestimmten Bereich lassen
- 3(jemanden oder etwas) von einer einer Angelegenheit, einem Gespräch, einer Diskussion, bestimmten Überlegungen oder Ähnlichem ausschließen, aussparen
- 4sich nicht an einer Angelegenheit, einem Gespräch, einer Diskussion, bestimmten Überlegungen oder Ähnlichem beteiligen
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “heraushalten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-R-A-U-S-H-A-L-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌhaltn̩] (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.