hitchhiker
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The verdict
“hitchhiker” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Fahrzeuge zwecks Mitnahme anhält; der Anhalter, der Tramper
Corpus desk
Index DE-hitchhiker · hitchhiker · German
hitchhiker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | hitchhiker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hitchhiker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hitchhiker is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Fahrzeuge zwecks Mitnahme anhält; der Anhalter, der Tramper".
Zero misspellings are on record for hitchhiker in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hitchhiker, spelled H-I-T-C-H-H-I-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die Fahrzeuge zwecks Mitnahme anhält; der Anhalter, der Tramper
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hitchhiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I picked up a hitchhiker yesterday.
Synonyms
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.