offenhalten
[ˈɔfn̩ˌhaltn̩]
The verdict
“offenhalten” is uncommon German (frequency #69,553 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,553
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - noch nicht entscheiden; unbeantwortet oder unentschieden lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-offenhalten · offenhalten · German
offenhalten · rank #69,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,553
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Odd
Nearest frequency peer: Odd (-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 „offenhalten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nullnummer
Nullnummer
30,452 corpus weight
- näherkommen
näherkommen
30,451 corpus weight
- Odd
Odd
30,449 corpus weight
- offenhalten
offenhalten
30,448 corpus weight
- ogier
ogier
30,447 corpus weight
- Onlinebanki…
Onlinebanking
30,445 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „offenhalten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | offenhalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɔfn̩ˌhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „offenhalten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
offenhalten is uncommon German at frequency #69,553 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɔfn̩ˌhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
offenhalten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is offenhalten, spelled O-F-F-E-N-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1noch nicht entscheiden; unbeantwortet oder unentschieden lassen
- 2eine Vakanz, Stelle, Position nicht besetzen; unbesetzt sein lassen
- 3etwas geöffnet lassen und nicht schließen; offen/auf lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how offenhalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich möchte mir offenhalten, ob ich rechtliche Schritte einleiten will.
Mir diese Option offenzuhalten erscheint mir recht klug.
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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