herunterklettern
[hɛˈʁʊntɐˌklɛtɐn]
The verdict
“herunterklettern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (an/von etwas) nach unten, von einem höher gelegenen an einen tiefer gelegenen Ort, klettern (zum Sprechenden)
Corpus desk
Index DE-herunterklettern · herunterklettern · German
herunterklettern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | herunterklettern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊntɐˌklɛtɐn] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herunterklettern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herunterklettern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊntɐˌklɛtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(an/von etwas) nach unten, von einem höher gelegenen an einen tiefer gelegenen Ort, klettern (zum Sprechenden)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for herunterklettern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 herunterklettern, spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-K-L-E-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1(an/von etwas) nach unten, von einem höher gelegenen an einen tiefer gelegenen Ort, klettern (zum Sprechenden)
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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.