Hustekuchen
[ˈhuːstəˌkuːxn̩]
The verdict
“Hustekuchen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - drückt Enttäuschung darüber aus, dass die zuvor geäußerte Erwartung, der zuvor geäußerte Wunsch oder dergleichen nicht eingetreten ist, sondern genau das Gegenteil
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hustekuchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈhuːstəˌkuːxn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hustekuchen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Hustekuchen is 11 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhuːstəˌkuːxn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "drückt Enttäuschung darüber aus, dass die zuvor geäußerte Erwartung, der zuvor geäußerte Wunsch oder dergleichen nicht eingetreten ist, sondern genau das Gegenteil".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hustekuchen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Hustekuchen, spelled H-U-S-T-E-K-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1drückt Enttäuschung darüber aus, dass die zuvor geäußerte Erwartung, der zuvor geäußerte Wunsch oder dergleichen nicht eingetreten ist, sondern genau das Gegenteil
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.
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Using “Hustekuchen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-U-S-T-E-K-U-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhuːstəˌkuːxn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.