Hietzing

[ˈhɪt͡sɪŋ]

/[ˈhɪt͡sɪŋ]/ name

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The verdict

“Hietzing” is uncommon German (frequency #60,665 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,665
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dreizehnter Bezirk der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien

Corpus desk

Index DE-hietzing · Hietzing · German

Hietzing · rank #60,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,665
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hetzte

Nearest frequency peer: hetzte (-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 „Hietzing“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hietzing“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hietzing
PropertyValue
HeadwordHietzing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈhɪt͡sɪŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,665
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hietzing“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hietzingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hetzte“ (#60,664), „Herzogenrath“ (#60,663), „Hilfeleistungen“ (#60,667). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hietzing“ bei #60,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hietzing is uncommon German at frequency #60,665 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhɪt͡sɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Hietzing in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hietzing, spelled H-I-E-T-Z-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    dreizehnter Bezirk der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien
  2. 2
    ehemaliges Dorf, nunmehr Ortsteil des gleichnamigen Bezirkes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hietzing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Während die Innere Stadt gegenüber dem Wien-Schnitt um 40,1 Prozent, die Josefstadt um 9,1, Währing um 3,3, Neubau um 2,9 und Hietzing um 2,7 Prozent zulegten, verloren die einkommensschwachen Bezirke.
  2. Viele der prunkvollen Villen von damals stehen heute noch und sie bestimmten das Klischee Hietzings mit: ehrwürdige Häuser, Alleebäume in den kleinen Straßen – hier wohnt das bürgerliche Wien.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hietzing"?
"Hietzing" is spelled H-I-E-T-Z-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪt͡sɪŋ].
What does "Hietzing" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hietzing" means: dreizehnter Bezirk der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien
How do you pronounce "Hietzing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hietzing" is [ˈhɪt͡sɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hietzing" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hietzing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hinzieht#60,670Hokkaido#60,674horrende#60,676humanity#60,677

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list