U-Haft
[ˈuːhaft]
The verdict
“U-Haft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Untersuchungshaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-u-haft · U-Haft · German
U-Haft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | U-Haft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːhaft] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „U-Haft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
U-Haft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Untersuchungshaft".
Zero misspellings are on record for U-Haft in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is U-Haft, spelled U---H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Untersuchungshaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how U-Haft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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This word in other languages
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