Hirschau

[ˈhɪʁʃaʊ̯]

/[ˈhɪʁʃaʊ̯]/ name

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The verdict

“Hirschau” is uncommon German (frequency #78,117 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,117
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-hirschau · Hirschau · German

Hirschau · rank #78,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,117
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hinzusehen

Nearest frequency peer: hinzusehen (-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 „Hirschau“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hirschau
PropertyValue
HeadwordHirschau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈhɪʁʃaʊ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hirschau“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hinzusehen“ (#78,116), „Hitzewellen“ (#78,118), „hinzufahren“ (#78,115). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hirschau“ bei #78,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hirschau is uncommon German at frequency #78,117 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈhɪʁʃaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hirschau, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hirschau, spelled H-I-R-S-C-H-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Hirschau liegt im Südosten von Deutschland.

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 "Hirschau"?
"Hirschau" is spelled H-I-R-S-C-H-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪʁʃaʊ̯].
What does "Hirschau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hirschau" means: eine Stadt in Bayern, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Hirschau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hirschau" is [ˈhɪʁʃaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hirschau" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

incident#78,142Innungen#78,150Harlekin#78,082Kinshasa#78,184

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list