Opferhaltung
[ˈɔp͡fɐˌhaltʊŋ]
The verdict
“Opferhaltung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - negative, pessimistische Einstellung/Haltung einer Person, die einen Schaden erlitten hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-opferhaltung · Opferhaltung · German
Opferhaltung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | Opferhaltung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔp͡fɐˌhaltʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Opferhaltung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Opferhaltung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔp͡fɐˌhaltʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "negative, pessimistische Einstellung/Haltung einer Person, die einen Schaden erlitten hat".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Opferhaltung, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Opferhaltung, spelled O-P-F-E-R-H-A-L-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1negative, pessimistische Einstellung/Haltung einer Person, die einen Schaden erlitten hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Opferhaltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vielleicht möchtest du dich endgültig davon trennen, in einer Opferhaltung zu sein (wenn du öfter denkst: ‚Warum gerade ich?‘, entspricht das einer Opferhaltung)“
„Ich glaube, meinem Vater war nicht bewusst, wie sehr er die Familie mit seiner Opferhaltung beeinflusste.“
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.