huckepack

[ˈhʊkəˌpak]

/[ˈhʊkəˌpak]/ adv

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The verdict

“huckepack” is uncommon German (frequency #71,461 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,461
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (wie eine Last) auf dem Rücken; (zum Tragen) auf den Rücken

Corpus desk

Index DE-huckepack · huckepack · German

huckepack · rank #71,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,461
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hungen

Nearest frequency peer: Hungen (+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 „huckepack“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for huckepack
PropertyValue
Headwordhuckepack
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈhʊkəˌpak]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „huckepack“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.huckepackfällt 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: „Hungen“ (#71,462), „hupt“ (#71,463), „Hälse“ (#71,464). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „huckepack“ bei #71,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

huckepack is uncommon German at frequency #71,461 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈhʊkəˌpak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(wie eine Last) auf dem Rücken; (zum Tragen) auf den Rücken".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for huckepack, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is huckepack, spelled H-U-C-K-E-P-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    (wie eine Last) auf dem Rücken; (zum Tragen) auf den Rücken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er nahm sie huckepack, da sie trockenen Fußes ans andere Ufer wollte.
  2. Statt vor dem Bauch trug sie das Baby huckepack.

Synonyms

buckelkraxen

This word in other languages

piggyback(English)a costillas(Español)dos(Français)de cavalinho(Português)

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 "huckepack"?
"huckepack" is spelled H-U-C-K-E-P-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhʊkəˌpak].
What does "huckepack" mean?
As an adverb, "huckepack" means: (wie eine Last) auf dem Rücken; (zum Tragen) auf den Rücken
How do you pronounce "huckepack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huckepack" is [ˈhʊkəˌpak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huckepack" come from?
"huckepack" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list