Honigtau
[ˈhoːnɪçˌtaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Honigtau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - klebrige, süße Flüssigkeit auf Pflanzen, die von bestimmten Insekten (Blattläusen, Blattflöhe und Zikaden) oder Pilzen ausgeschieden wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-honigtau · Honigtau · German
Honigtau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Honigtau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːnɪçˌtaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Honigtau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Honigtau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːnɪçˌtaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "klebrige, süße Flüssigkeit auf Pflanzen, die von bestimmten Insekten (Blattläusen, Blattflöhe und Zikaden) oder Pilzen ausgeschieden wird".
Honigtau has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Honigtau, spelled H-O-N-I-G-T-A-U.
Definition
- 1klebrige, süße Flüssigkeit auf Pflanzen, die von bestimmten Insekten (Blattläusen, Blattflöhe und Zikaden) oder Pilzen ausgeschieden wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Honigtau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bienen sammeln Honigtau.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.