herrenlose

[ˈhɛʁənloːzə]

/[ˈhɛʁənloːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“herrenlose” is uncommon German (frequency #89,074 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,074
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos

Corpus desk

Index DE-herrenlose · herrenlose · German

herrenlose · rank #89,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,074
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herkömmliches

Nearest frequency peer: herkömmliches (-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 „herrenlose“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herrenlose
PropertyValue
Headwordherrenlose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhɛʁənloːzə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herrenlose“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).herrenlosefällt 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: „herkömmliches“ (#89,073), „herrschender“ (#89,075), „Herkunftsort“ (#89,072). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herrenlose“ bei #89,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herrenlose is uncommon German at frequency #89,074 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɛʁənloːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for herrenlose in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is herrenlose, spelled H-E-R-R-E-N-L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos

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 "herrenlose"?
"herrenlose" is spelled H-E-R-R-E-N-L-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛʁənloːzə].
What does "herrenlose" mean?
As an adjective, "herrenlose" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herrenlos
How do you pronounce "herrenlose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herrenlose" is [ˈhɛʁənloːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list