Hungerhaken
[ˈhʊŋɐˌhaːkŋ̩]
The verdict
“Hungerhaken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünner, schwächlicher Mensch
Corpus desk
Index DE-hungerhaken · Hungerhaken · German
Hungerhaken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Hungerhaken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhʊŋɐˌhaːkŋ̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hungerhaken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hungerhaken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhʊŋɐˌhaːkŋ̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dünner, schwächlicher Mensch".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hungerhaken in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Hungerhaken, spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-H-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1dünner, schwächlicher Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hungerhaken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dich Hungerhaken braucht man ja nur umzupusten!
Die Ära der Supermodels fing […] in den 60ern an: Verushka, […] Twiggy und Jean Shrimpton waren die ersten der hübschen Hungerhaken.
Synonyms
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.