sagenhaft
[ˈzaːɡn̩haft]
The verdict
“sagenhaft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,850 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #50,850
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf eine Sage beruhend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sagenhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzaːɡn̩haft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sagenhaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sagenhaft is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaːɡn̩haft]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,850 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sagenhaft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sagenhaft, spelled S-A-G-E-N-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1auf eine Sage beruhend
- 2auf überlieferte Erzählungen beruhend
- 3in einem hohen Maße vorhanden, unvorstellbar groß
- 4sehr, überaus
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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Using “sagenhaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-G-E-N-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzaːɡn̩haft] (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.