Herbarium

[hɛʁˈbaːʁiʊm]

/[hɛʁˈbaːʁiʊm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Herbarium” is uncommon German (frequency #87,823 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,823
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sammlung von Pflanzen beziehungsweise Pflanzenteilen, die durch Pressen und Trocknen konserviert wurden

Corpus desk

Index DE-herbarium · Herbarium · German

Herbarium · rank #87,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,823
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herausschneid…

Nearest frequency peer: herausschneiden (-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 „Herbarium“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Herbarium
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerbarium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɛʁˈbaːʁiʊm]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Herbarium“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Herbariumfällt 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: „herausschneiden“ (#87,822), „herausragen“ (#87,821), „herausgehoben“ (#87,820). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Herbarium“ bei #87,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Herbarium is uncommon German at frequency #87,823 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɛʁˈbaːʁiʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sammlung von Pflanzen beziehungsweise Pflanzenteilen, die durch Pressen und Trocknen konserviert wurden".

Herbarium has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Herbarium, spelled H-E-R-B-A-R-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sammlung von Pflanzen beziehungsweise Pflanzenteilen, die durch Pressen und Trocknen konserviert wurden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Zur Erkundung der heimischen Flora kann man zum Beispiel ein Herbarium anlegen.
  2. „In der Zwischenzeit füllt Johann Georg Tinius seine silbrne Dose mit neuen Kräutern aus seinem Herbarium auf.“

Synonyms

Herbar

This word in other languages

herbarium(English)herbier(Français)herbário(Português)

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 "Herbarium"?
"Herbarium" is spelled H-E-R-B-A-R-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛʁˈbaːʁiʊm].
What does "Herbarium" mean?
As a noun, "Herbarium" means: Sammlung von Pflanzen beziehungsweise Pflanzenteilen, die durch Pressen und Trocknen konserviert wurden
How do you pronounce "Herbarium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herbarium" is [hɛʁˈbaːʁiʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Herbarium" come from?
"Herbarium" 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 "Herbarium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hilfloser#87,831infektiös#87,874Inhibitor#87,875glitschig#87,768

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list