Heterosexueller
[ˌhetəʁosɛksuˈɛlɐ]
The verdict
“Heterosexueller” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die ihr sexuelles Interesse auf eine Person anderen Geschlechts richtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-heterosexueller · Heterosexueller · German
Heterosexueller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Heterosexueller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌhetəʁosɛksuˈɛlɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heterosexueller“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heterosexueller is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌhetəʁosɛksuˈɛlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die ihr sexuelles Interesse auf eine Person anderen Geschlechts richtet".
Heterosexueller doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Heterosexueller, spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-S-E-X-U-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die ihr sexuelles Interesse auf eine Person anderen Geschlechts richtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Heterosexueller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Allerdings tauchte Alfons auf, der einzige Heterosexuelle, doch der Mann konnte nicht fort von seiner Goldgrube.“
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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.