HLF
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The verdict
“HLF” is uncommon German (frequency #95,726 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,726
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hilfeleistungslösch(gruppen)fahrzeug: Fahrzeug der Feuerwehr mit hydraulischen Rettungsgeräten zur Brandbekämpfung und technischer Hilfeleistung
Corpus desk
Index DE-hlf · HLF · German
HLF · rank #95,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,726
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hirnforscher
Nearest frequency peer: Hirnforscher (-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 „HLF“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hinterreifen
Hinterreifen
4,279 corpus weight
- Hintertüren
Hintertüren
4,278 corpus weight
- hipper
hipper
4,277 corpus weight
- Hirnforscher
Hirnforscher
4,276 corpus weight
- HLF
HLF
4,275 corpus weight
- Hochgefühl
Hochgefühl
4,272 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „HLF“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | HLF |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #95,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „HLF“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
HLF is uncommon German at frequency #95,726 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hilfeleistungslösch(gruppen)fahrzeug: Fahrzeug der Feuerwehr mit hydraulischen Rettungsgeräten zur Brandbekämpfung und technischer Hilfeleistung".
Zero misspellings are on record for HLF in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is HLF, spelled H-L-F.
Definition
- 1Hilfeleistungslösch(gruppen)fahrzeug: Fahrzeug der Feuerwehr mit hydraulischen Rettungsgeräten zur Brandbekämpfung und technischer Hilfeleistung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how HLF appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das HLF 16/25 trifft gleich am Unfallort ein.
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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