Hitzewellen

[ˈhɪt͡səˌvɛlən]

/[ˈhɪt͡səˌvɛlən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hitzewellen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,118 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,118
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hitzewelle

Corpus desk

Index DE-hitzewellen · Hitzewellen · German

Hitzewellen · rank #78,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,118
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hirschau

Nearest frequency peer: Hirschau (-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 „Hitzewellen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hitzewellen
PropertyValue
HeadwordHitzewellen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɪt͡səˌvɛlən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hitzewellen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hitzewellenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hirschau“ (#78,117), „hinzusehen“ (#78,116), „Hochs“ (#78,120). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hitzewellen“ bei #78,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hitzewellen is uncommon German at frequency #78,118 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪt͡səˌvɛlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Hitzewellen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Hitzewellen, spelled H-I-T-Z-E-W-E-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hitzewelle
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Hitzewelle
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Hitzewelle
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Hitzewelle

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 "Hitzewellen"?
"Hitzewellen" is spelled H-I-T-Z-E-W-E-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪt͡səˌvɛlən].
What does "Hitzewellen" mean?
As a noun, "Hitzewellen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hitzewelle
How do you pronounce "Hitzewellen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hitzewellen" is [ˈhɪt͡səˌvɛlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hitzewellen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hinzufahren#78,115hinterlegte#78,114hingeworfen#78,113heldenhafte#78,095

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list