Herkunftsort
[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt]
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
- 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
- herrenlose
herrenlose
10,927 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Herkunftsort“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herkunftsort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft͡sˌʔɔʁt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herkunftsort“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Ort, von dem jemand oder etwas herkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Herkunftsort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.
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