huschen

[ˈhʊʃn̩]

/[ˈhʊʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“huschen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,786 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,786
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich schnell und möglichst unauffällig fortbewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-huschen · huschen · German

huschen · rank #75,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,786
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hyphen

Nearest frequency peer: hyphen (+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 „huschen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for huschen
PropertyValue
Headwordhuschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈhʊʃn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,786
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „huschen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).huschenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hyphen“ (#75,787), „hungernde“ (#75,784), „Hugos“ (#75,782). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „huschen“ bei #75,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

huschen is uncommon German at frequency #75,786 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhʊʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich schnell und möglichst unauffällig fortbewegen".

No misspelling variants are generated for huschen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 huschen, spelled H-U-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich schnell und möglichst unauffällig fortbewegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eben huschte kaum sichtbar ein Schatten vorbei.

Antonyms

schleichentrödeln

This word in other languages

flit(English)escabullirse(Español)filer(Français)

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 "huschen"?
"huschen" is spelled H-U-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhʊʃn̩].
What does "huschen" mean?
As a verb, "huschen" means: sich schnell und möglichst unauffällig fortbewegen
How do you pronounce "huschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huschen" is [ˈhʊʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huschen" come from?
"huschen" 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 "huschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hohlweg#75,774Hiltrud#75,763hatschi#75,748hassten#75,747

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list