himmelblau
[ˈhɪml̩blaʊ̯]
The verdict
“himmelblau” is uncommon German (frequency #63,415 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,415
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem hellen Blau, ähnlich der Farbe des Himmels
Corpus desk
Index DE-himmelblau · himmelblau · German
himmelblau · rank #63,415 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,415
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hingehst
Nearest frequency peer: hingehst (+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 „himmelblau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hergegeben
hergegeben
36,590 corpus weight
- herkam
herkam
36,589 corpus weight
- himmelblau
himmelblau
36,586 corpus weight
- hingehst
hingehst
36,585 corpus weight
- Hintereinga…
Hintereingang
36,584 corpus weight
- hinterhälti…
hinterhältige
36,583 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „himmelblau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | himmelblau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɪml̩blaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „himmelblau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
himmelblau is uncommon German at frequency #63,415 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɪml̩blaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einem hellen Blau, ähnlich der Farbe des Himmels".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for himmelblau, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is himmelblau, spelled H-I-M-M-E-L-B-L-A-U.
Definition
- 1in einem hellen Blau, ähnlich der Farbe des Himmels
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how himmelblau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Ausdruck cordon bleu ist im Französischen eine Metapher für hohe Kochkunst und geht auf das breite, himmelblaue Band zurück, an dem das goldene Kreuz des elitären Ordens vom heiligen Geist aus dem 16. Jahrhundert getragen wurde.“
This word in other languages
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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