hillbilly
[ˈhɪlˌbɪ.li]
The verdict
“hillbilly” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person aus den Bergen, insbesondere aus einer ländlichen Gegend mit einem Mangel an Bildung und Kultiviertheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-hillbilly · hillbilly · German
hillbilly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | hillbilly |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪlˌbɪ.li] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hillbilly“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hillbilly is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪlˌbɪ.li]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for hillbilly in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hillbilly, spelled H-I-L-L-B-I-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1eine Person aus den Bergen, insbesondere aus einer ländlichen Gegend mit einem Mangel an Bildung und Kultiviertheit
- 2eine weiße Person aus dem ländlichen, südlichen Teil der USA
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hillbilly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Fueled by news stories of mountain feuds, such as that in the 1880s between the Hatfields and McCoys, the hillbilly stereotype developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
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.