hoffnungslosen
[ˈhɔfnʊŋsloːzn̩]
The verdict
“hoffnungslosen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,960 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,960
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
Corpus desk
Index DE-hoffnungslosen · hoffnungslosen · German
hoffnungslosen · rank #57,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,960
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hoftheater
Nearest frequency peer: Hoftheater (+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 „hoffnungslosen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hingehalten
hingehalten
42,049 corpus weight
- hinzusetzen
hinzusetzen
42,048 corpus weight
- Hirntumor
Hirntumor
42,046 corpus weight
- Hochofen
Hochofen
42,044 corpus weight
- hoffnungslo…
hoffnungslosen
42,041 corpus weight
- Hoftheater
Hoftheater
42,040 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hoffnungslosen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hoffnungslosen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɔfnʊŋsloːzn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #57,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hoffnungslosen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hoffnungslosen is uncommon German at frequency #57,960 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɔfnʊŋsloːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.
hoffnungslosen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hoffnungslosen, spelled H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G-S-L-O-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 4Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 5Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 6Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 8Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 9Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 10Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 11Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
- 12Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoffnungslos
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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