hörig
[ˈhøːʁɪç]
The verdict
“hörig” is uncommon German (frequency #66,341 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,341
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an Land/Ländereien gebunden und deshalb abhängig vom Grundherren und zu Abgaben verpflichtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-horig · hörig · German
hörig · rank #66,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,341
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH idealistisch
Nearest frequency peer: idealistisch (+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 „hörig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hyperbel
Hyperbel
33,664 corpus weight
- Häretiker
Häretiker
33,663 corpus weight
- Häute
Häute
33,662 corpus weight
- hörig
hörig
33,660 corpus weight
- idealistisch
idealistisch
33,659 corpus weight
- Ihne
Ihne
33,657 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hörig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hörig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhøːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hörig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hörig is uncommon German at frequency #66,341 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhøːʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hörig in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hörig, spelled H-Ö-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1an Land/Ländereien gebunden und deshalb abhängig vom Grundherren und zu Abgaben verpflichtet
- 2stark gebunden bis zur willenlosen Unterwerfung
- 3stark sexuell an jemanden gebunden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hörig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im ganzen Mittelalter gab es neben den hörigen Bauern auch persönlich freie Pachtbauern.
„1805 hat er Österreich und Russland besiegt … die deutschen und italienischen Staaten sich hörig gemacht“
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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