Hiatus
[hiˈaːtʊs]
The verdict
“Hiatus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Öffnung, Spalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hiatus · Hiatus · German
Hiatus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Hiatus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hiˈaːtʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hiatus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hiatus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hiˈaːtʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hiatus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Hiatus, spelled H-I-A-T-U-S.
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 Hiatus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das [n] in "amerikanisch" dient dazu, den Hiatus [a + ɪ] zu vermeiden.
„Nach dem lateinischen Vorbilde bemühte sich Otfried, bei Zusammenstoß von Vokalen den Hiatus durch Auslassungen zu vermeiden.“
Synonyms
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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.