hieven

/[ˈhiːfn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,343

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

hieven is aGermanverb. It means: eine Last hochziehen, mit einer Winde nach oben befördern Pronounced [ˈhiːfn̩].

Key facts for hieven
PropertyValue
Headwordhieven
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhiːfn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,343
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hieven in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for hieven is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhiːfn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,343 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for hieven in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is hieven, spelled H-I-E-V-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Last hochziehen, mit einer Winde nach oben befördern
  2. 2
    etwas Schweres heben und an eine Stelle befördern
  3. 3
    jemanden in ein Amt, auf einen Posten bringen
  4. 4
    etwas mit Aufwand auf einen höheren Stand, eine höhere Ebene bringen

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #65,343 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hieven"?
"hieven" is spelled H-I-E-V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhiːfn̩].
What does "hieven" mean?
As a verb, "hieven" means: eine Last hochziehen, mit einer Winde nach oben befördern
How do you pronounce "hieven"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hieven" is [ˈhiːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hieven" come from?
"hieven" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.