Hiobsbotschaft

[ˈhiːɔpsˌboːtʃaft]

/[ˈhiːɔpsˌboːtʃaft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hiobsbotschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #79,293 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,293
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr schlimme, erschreckende Botschaft, Nachricht; Nachricht von etwas Ärgerlichem, Unerfreulichem

Corpus desk

Index DE-hiobsbotschaft · Hiobsbotschaft · German

Hiobsbotschaft · rank #79,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,293
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hitliste

Nearest frequency peer: Hitliste (+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 „Hiobsbotschaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hiobsbotschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordHiobsbotschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhiːɔpsˌboːtʃaft]
Letters14
Frequency rank#79,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hiobsbotschaft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hitliste“ (#79,294), „Highscore“ (#79,291), „herzhaften“ (#79,290). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hiobsbotschaft“ bei #79,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hiobsbotschaft is uncommon German at frequency #79,293 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhiːɔpsˌboːtʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr schlimme, erschreckende Botschaft, Nachricht; Nachricht von etwas Ärgerlichem, Unerfreulichem".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Hiobsbotschaft in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hiobsbotschaft, spelled H-I-O-B-S-B-O-T-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr schlimme, erschreckende Botschaft, Nachricht; Nachricht von etwas Ärgerlichem, Unerfreulichem

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Es ist nicht leicht, Angehörigen von überraschend Verstorbenen die Hiobsbotschaft zu überbringen.
  2. Aus Afghanistan hört man eine Hiobsbotschaft nach der anderen.

Antonyms

FreudenbotschaftGlücksbotschaftHeilsbotschaftErfolgsmeldungHoffnungsmeldung

This word in other languages

Job’s news(English)noticia(Español)message(Français)notícia(Português)

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 "Hiobsbotschaft"?
"Hiobsbotschaft" is spelled H-I-O-B-S-B-O-T-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhiːɔpsˌboːtʃaft].
What does "Hiobsbotschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Hiobsbotschaft" means: sehr schlimme, erschreckende Botschaft, Nachricht; Nachricht von etwas Ärgerlichem, Unerfreulichem
How do you pronounce "Hiobsbotschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hiobsbotschaft" is [ˈhiːɔpsˌboːtʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hiobsbotschaft" come from?
"Hiobsbotschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list