Hiat
[hiˈaːt]
The verdict
“Hiat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Öffnung, Spalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hiat · Hiat · German
Hiat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | Hiat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hiˈaːt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hiat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hiat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hiˈaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Hiat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hiat, spelled H-I-A-T.
Definition
- 1Öffnung, Spalt
- 2das Zusammentreffen zweier Vokale am Ende des einen und am Anfang des folgenden Wortes oder Wortteils
- 3zeitliche Lücke bei der Ablagerung von Gesteinen
- 4übermäßige Sekunde
- 5Zeitraum ohne archäologische Funde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hiat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es war, als ob sich zwischen ihn und die Welt eine winzige Lücke geschoben hätte, ein hauchdünner Hiat, durch den ihm die Welt entglitt.“
Das [n] in "amerikanisch" dient dazu, den Hiat [a + ɪ] zu vermeiden.
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.