Hohlweg
[ˈhoːlˌveːk]
The verdict
“Hohlweg” is uncommon German (frequency #75,774 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,774
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Weg, der sich durch jahrhundertelange Nutzung mit Fuhrwerken und Vieh sowie abfließendes Regenwasser in das umgebende Gelände eingeschnitten hat.
Corpus desk
Index DE-hohlweg · Hohlweg · German
Hohlweg · rank #75,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,774
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Holocausts
Nearest frequency peer: Holocausts (+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 „Hohlweg“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hochzeitsge…
Hochzeitsgesellschaft
24,231 corpus weight
- Hofbräuhaus
Hofbräuhaus
24,230 corpus weight
- hoffnungsvo…
hoffnungsvollen
24,229 corpus weight
- Hohlweg
Hohlweg
24,227 corpus weight
- Holocausts
Holocausts
24,226 corpus weight
- Holzinger
Holzinger
24,224 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hohlweg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hohlweg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːlˌveːk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hohlweg“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hohlweg is uncommon German at frequency #75,774 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːlˌveːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Weg, der sich durch jahrhundertelange Nutzung mit Fuhrwerken und Vieh sowie abfließendes Regenwasser in das umgebende Gelände eingeschnitten hat.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hohlweg in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Hohlweg, spelled H-O-H-L-W-E-G.
Definition
- 1Weg, der sich durch jahrhundertelange Nutzung mit Fuhrwerken und Vieh sowie abfließendes Regenwasser in das umgebende Gelände eingeschnitten hat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hohlweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Voßbruch gibt es alte Wegekreuze, einen alten Hohlweg und eine Kapelle von 1658.“
„Wir lenkten unsere Schritte zur Landstraße, um zu sehen, ob sich nicht Reisende zeigten, und als wir einen von Felsen eingeengten Hohlweg erreicht hatten, beschlossen wir, uns hier ins Gras zu setzen.“
This word in other languages
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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