Heuhaufen
[ˈhɔɪ̯ˌhaʊ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“Heuhaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,613 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,613
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größere Menge aufeinandergeworfenes Heu
Corpus desk
Index DE-heuhaufen · Heuhaufen · German
Heuhaufen · rank #54,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,613
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heterosexuell…
Nearest frequency peer: heterosexuellen (-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 „Heuhaufen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Herzrasen
Herzrasen
45,391 corpus weight
- Herzrhythmu…
Herzrhythmusstörungen
45,390 corpus weight
- heterosexue…
heterosexuellen
45,389 corpus weight
- Heuhaufen
Heuhaufen
45,388 corpus weight
- hierunter
hierunter
45,387 corpus weight
- Hirschen
Hirschen
45,385 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Heuhaufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heuhaufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔɪ̯ˌhaʊ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heuhaufen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heuhaufen is uncommon German at frequency #54,613 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɔɪ̯ˌhaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größere Menge aufeinandergeworfenes Heu".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Heuhaufen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Heuhaufen, spelled H-E-U-H-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1größere Menge aufeinandergeworfenes Heu
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heuhaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zur Mittagsrast haben wir uns in einen großen Heuhaufen gesetzt.
„Frauen mit Strohhüten, Kopftüchern aus Kattun oder Schutzhauben aus Papier harkten mit Rechen das eingeschnittene Heu zusammen; und am andern Rande der Ebene, bei den Heuhaufen, wurden die Bündel hurtig auf einen langen, von drei Pferden gezogenen Erntewagen geworfen.“
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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