herleihen
[ˈheːɐ̯ˌlaɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“herleihen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem etwas borgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herleihen · herleihen · German
herleihen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herleihen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈheːɐ̯ˌlaɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herleihen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herleihen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈheːɐ̯ˌlaɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem etwas borgen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for herleihen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is herleihen, spelled H-E-R-L-E-I-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem etwas borgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herleihen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dies Unglück zu verhindern, muß dieser seine Frau, jener seine Töchter, der dritte seine eigne Ehre herleihen; und dadurch, daß diese mit der Zunge todgeschlagen werden, rettet sich jene.“
„Um rechtliche Unannehmlichkeiten vorbeugend zu vermeiden, haben viele der Anbieter aber anstelle des spanischen Königs Schauspieler engagiert, die für die bekannten Worte ihre Stimme herleihen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.