Hilfsdienst
[ˈhɪlfsˌdiːnst]
The verdict
“Hilfsdienst” is uncommon German (frequency #80,485 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,485
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aktivität, um anderen zu helfen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hilfsdienst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪlfsˌdiːnst] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hilfsdienst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hilfsdienst is uncommon German at frequency #80,485 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪlfsˌdiːnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Hilfsdienst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hilfsdienst, spelled H-I-L-F-S-D-I-E-N-S-T.
Definition
- 1Aktivität, um anderen zu helfen
- 2Organisation, die dazu da ist, Hilfe zu leisten
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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Using “Hilfsdienst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-L-F-S-D-I-E-N-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɪlfsˌdiːnst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.