Horstmar

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The verdict

“Horstmar” is uncommon German (frequency #81,678 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,678
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-horstmar · Horstmar · German

Horstmar · rank #81,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,678
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Holländern

Nearest frequency peer: Holländern (-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 „Horstmar“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Horstmar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Horstmar
PropertyValue
HeadwordHorstmar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,678
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Horstmar“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Horstmarfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Holländern“ (#81,677), „Holi“ (#81,676), „huscht“ (#81,680). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Horstmar“ bei #81,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Horstmar is uncommon German at frequency #81,678 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

Horstmar has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Horstmar, spelled H-O-R-S-T-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Horstmar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Obwohl Horstmar schon 86 Jahre alt ist, hat er sich für 25.000 € eine kleine Windkraftanlage im Garten aufstellen lassen, deren Anschaffung sich frühestens nach 25 Jahren amortisiert.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Horstmar"?
"Horstmar" is spelled H-O-R-S-T-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Horstmar" mean?
As a proper noun, "Horstmar" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Horstmar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Horstmar" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Horstmar" come from?
"Horstmar" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Horstmar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hochsitz#81,674Hatzfeld#81,649Jazzclub#81,709jetzigem#81,714

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list