namhaft
[ˈnaːmhaft]
The verdict
“namhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weithin bekannt und angesehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-namhaft · namhaft · German
namhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | namhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnaːmhaft] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „namhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
namhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaːmhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for namhaft in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is namhaft, spelled N-A-M-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1weithin bekannt und angesehen
- 2vergleichsweise groß
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how namhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einige namhafte Fachvertreter beschäftigen sich mit der Frage, welche Möglichkeiten es für die Sprachwissenschaft gibt, das berechtigte und aus linguistischer Sicht durchaus wünschenswerte Interesse der Öffentlichkeit an Sprache ernst zu nehmen, ohne dabei Gefahr zu laufen, die komplexen Zusammenhänge unzulässig zu vereinfachen.“
„Stipendien ermöglichten ihm [Anm.: dem israelischen Musiker Shai Maestro], am namhaften Berklee College of Music in Boston zu studieren.“
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.