Herzensbrecher
[ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌbʁɛçɐ]
The verdict
“Herzensbrecher” is uncommon German (frequency #78,103 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,103
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mann, der bei Frauen sehr gut ankommt, ohne ernste Absichten zu haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzensbrecher · Herzensbrecher · German
Herzensbrecher · rank #78,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,103
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH herunterzulad…
Nearest frequency peer: herunterzuladen (-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 „Herzensbrecher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- heraushalten
heraushalten
21,902 corpus weight
- Herrenalb
Herrenalb
21,900 corpus weight
- herunterzul…
herunterzuladen
21,899 corpus weight
- Herzensbrec…
Herzensbrecher
21,898 corpus weight
- Herzerkrank…
Herzerkrankungen
21,897 corpus weight
- herzhaftes
herzhaftes
21,896 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Herzensbrecher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herzensbrecher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌbʁɛçɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #78,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herzensbrecher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Herzensbrecher is uncommon German at frequency #78,103 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡sn̩sˌbʁɛçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mann, der bei Frauen sehr gut ankommt, ohne ernste Absichten zu haben".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Herzensbrecher in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Herzensbrecher, spelled H-E-R-Z-E-N-S-B-R-E-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mann, der bei Frauen sehr gut ankommt, ohne ernste Absichten zu haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Herzensbrecher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In einem Augenblick sprach er Englisch in einer Nachahmung der Redeweise seines halben ungarischen Landsmannes George Sanders, an den sich Frauen über sechzig als einen sanften Herzensbrecher aus Hollywood erinnern werden.“
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); 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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