Herzensangelegenheit
[ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌʔanɡəleːɡn̩haɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Herzensangelegenheit” is uncommon German (frequency #66,317 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,317
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wunsch, dessen Erfüllung jemandem besonders am Herzen liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzensangelegenheit · Herzensangelegenheit · German
Herzensangelegenheit · rank #66,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,317
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hervorgetreten
Nearest frequency peer: hervorgetreten (-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 „Herzensangelegenheit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hergestellt…
hergestelltes
33,687 corpus weight
- heruntergef…
heruntergefahren
33,686 corpus weight
- hervorgetre…
hervorgetreten
33,685 corpus weight
- Herzensange…
Herzensangelegenheit
33,684 corpus weight
- Heusenstamm
Heusenstamm
33,683 corpus weight
- Hilferufe
Hilferufe
33,682 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Herzensangelegenheit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herzensangelegenheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌʔanɡəleːɡn̩haɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Frequency rank | #66,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herzensangelegenheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Herzensangelegenheit is uncommon German at frequency #66,317 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌʔanɡəleːɡn̩haɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wunsch, dessen Erfüllung jemandem besonders am Herzen liegt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Herzensangelegenheit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Herzensangelegenheit, spelled H-E-R-Z-E-N-S-A-N-G-E-L-E-G-E-N-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Wunsch, dessen Erfüllung jemandem besonders am Herzen liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Herzensangelegenheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für Lady Belinda ist es Beruf und Herzensangelegenheit zugleich, Ehen zu stiften.“
„So war es ihm eine Herzensangelegenheit, diese Tiere aus seiner Liebe heraus, auf die saftige Weise zu führen.“
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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