herholen
[ˈheːɐ̯ˌhoːlən]
The verdict
“herholen” is uncommon German (frequency #89,071 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,071
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas von woanders hierher, an diesen Ort bringen/führen (holen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-herholen · herholen · German
herholen · rank #89,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,071
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hergebracht
Nearest frequency peer: hergebracht (-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 „herholen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- herabzusetz…
herabzusetzen
10,933 corpus weight
- Herbstmesse
Herbstmesse
10,932 corpus weight
- hergebracht
hergebracht
10,931 corpus weight
- herholen
herholen
10,930 corpus weight
- Herkunftsort
Herkunftsort
10,929 corpus weight
- herkömmlich…
herkömmliches
10,928 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „herholen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herholen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈheːɐ̯ˌhoːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herholen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herholen is uncommon German at frequency #89,071 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈheːɐ̯ˌhoːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for herholen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is herholen, spelled H-E-R-H-O-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas von woanders hierher, an diesen Ort bringen/führen (holen)
- 2finden, sich ausdenken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herholen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hol mir mal die Frau Jansen her.
Die Post bleibt da bis nächsten Montag liegen, wenn du sie nicht herholst.
Antonyms
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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