Hetzschrift
[ˈhɛt͡sˌʃʁɪft]
The verdict
“Hetzschrift” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - längerer veröffentlichter Text, der unsachlich Hass gegen jemanden/eine Gruppe/etwas schürt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hetzschrift · Hetzschrift · German
Hetzschrift · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Hetzschrift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛt͡sˌʃʁɪft] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Hetzschrift” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Hetzschrift is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛt͡sˌʃʁɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "längerer veröffentlichter Text, der unsachlich Hass gegen jemanden/eine Gruppe/etwas schürt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hetzschrift, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Hetzschrift, spelled H-E-T-Z-S-C-H-R-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1längerer veröffentlichter Text, der unsachlich Hass gegen jemanden/eine Gruppe/etwas schürt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hetzschrift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Siebzig Jahre nach Hitlers Tod laufen die Urheberrechte für »Mein Kampf« aus. Anfang 2016 soll eine kommentierte Version der Hetzschrift erscheinen.“
„Obschon Orwell seinen Roman 1984 nicht als Angriff auf den Sozialismus angelegt hatte, wertete ihn die DDR als staatsfeindliche Hetzschrift und verhängte hohe Zuchthausstrafen für die Lektüre und den Verleih […].“
Synonyms
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.
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