hölzerner
[ˈhœlt͡sɐnɐ]
The verdict
“hölzerner” is uncommon German (frequency #79,311 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,311
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hölzern
Corpus desk
Index DE-holzerner · hölzerner · German
hölzerner · rank #79,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,311
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Höllenfeuer
Nearest frequency peer: Höllenfeuer (-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 „hölzerner“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- häufigem
häufigem
20,692 corpus weight
- Höllenfeuer
Höllenfeuer
20,691 corpus weight
- hölzerner
hölzerner
20,690 corpus weight
- Hörspielen
Hörspielen
20,689 corpus weight
- Hünfeld
Hünfeld
20,688 corpus weight
- identisches
identisches
20,687 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hölzerner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hölzerner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhœlt͡sɐnɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hölzerner“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hölzerner is uncommon German at frequency #79,311 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhœlt͡sɐnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hölzerner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 hölzerner, spelled H-Ö-L-Z-E-R-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hölzern
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hölzern
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hölzern
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hölzern
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs hölzern
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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