Herkunftsort

[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt]

/[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt]/ noun

The verdict

“Herkunftsort” is uncommon German (frequency #89,072 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,072
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, von dem jemand oder etwas herkommt

Corpus desk

Index DE-herkunftsort · Herkunftsort · German

Herkunftsort · rank #89,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,072
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herholen

Nearest frequency peer: herholen (-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 „Herkunftsort“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Herkunftsort
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerkunftsort
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#89,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Herkunftsort“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „herholen“ (#89,071), „herkömmliches“ (#89,073), „hergebracht“ (#89,070). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Herkunftsort“ bei #89,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Herkunftsort is uncommon German at frequency #89,072 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ort, von dem jemand oder etwas herkommt".

Herkunftsort doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Herkunftsort, spelled H-E-R-K-U-N-F-T-S-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort, von dem jemand oder etwas herkommt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Neben seinem Namen verrät das Kolophon der Ausgabe von 1489 auch seinen Herkunftsort.“

Synonyms

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 "Herkunftsort"?
"Herkunftsort" is spelled H-E-R-K-U-N-F-T-S-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt].
What does "Herkunftsort" mean?
As a noun, "Herkunftsort" means: Ort, von dem jemand oder etwas herkommt
How do you pronounce "Herkunftsort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herkunftsort" is [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Herkunftsort" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list