Hyperbel
[hyˈpɛʁbl̩]
The verdict
“Hyperbel” is uncommon German (frequency #66,337 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,337
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rhetorisches Stilmittel der Übertreibung
Corpus desk
Index DE-hyperbel · Hyperbel · German
Hyperbel · rank #66,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,337
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hundewelpen
Nearest frequency peer: Hundewelpen (-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 „Hyperbel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- houses
houses
33,666 corpus weight
- Hundewelpen
Hundewelpen
33,665 corpus weight
- Hyperbel
Hyperbel
33,664 corpus weight
- Häretiker
Häretiker
33,663 corpus weight
- Häute
Häute
33,662 corpus weight
- hörig
hörig
33,660 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hyperbel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hyperbel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hyˈpɛʁbl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hyperbel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hyperbel is uncommon German at frequency #66,337 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hyˈpɛʁbl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Hyperbel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Hyperbel, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-B-E-L.
Definition
- 1rhetorisches Stilmittel der Übertreibung
- 2eine Kurve, die aus zwei zueinander symmetrischen, sich ins Unendliche erstreckenden Ästen besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hyperbel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein herkulischer Körper hatte im Kontrast zum sensiblen Wesen der nervösen Dichtereitelkeit eine besondere Note der Drolligkeit; die zuletzt bis zum Wahnwitz gesteigerte Ueberspannung hatte an ihm etwas Muskulöses, das die Hyperbel auf die Spitze trieb.
Der Graph der Funktion f(x)=1/x stellt eine Hyperbel dar.
This word in other languages
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.
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