Hörgerät
[ˈhøːɐ̯ɡəˌʁɛːt]
The verdict
“Hörgerät” is uncommon German (frequency #50,586 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,586
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät für Hörgeschädigte, um die Hörfähigkeit zu verbessern
Corpus desk
Index DE-horgerat · Hörgerät · German
Hörgerät · rank #50,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,586
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH höllische
Nearest frequency peer: höllische (-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 „Hörgerät“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hommes
hommes
49,418 corpus weight
- hungernden
hungernden
49,417 corpus weight
- höllische
höllische
49,416 corpus weight
- Hörgerät
Hörgerät
49,415 corpus weight
- iberischen
iberischen
49,414 corpus weight
- IDR
IDR
49,413 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hörgerät“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hörgerät |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhøːɐ̯ɡəˌʁɛːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hörgerät“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hörgerät is uncommon German at frequency #50,586 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhøːɐ̯ɡəˌʁɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät für Hörgeschädigte, um die Hörfähigkeit zu verbessern".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hörgerät in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Hörgerät, spelled H-Ö-R-G-E-R-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1Gerät für Hörgeschädigte, um die Hörfähigkeit zu verbessern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hörgerät appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als ihr Vater sechzig Jahre alt war, brauchte er wegen Hörverlustes ein Hörgerät.
„Wir sehen Gehhilfen, Hörgeräte, Tablettendosen, zitternde und gleichwohl konzentrierte Hände, die die Medikamente neben dem Besteck ordnen.“
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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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