Viehhaltung

[ˈfiːˌhaltʊŋ]

/[ˈfiːˌhaltʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Viehhaltung” is uncommon German (frequency #70,958 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,958
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gewerbliche Unterbringung von Nutztieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-viehhaltung · Viehhaltung · German

Viehhaltung · rank #70,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,958
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vielfacher

Nearest frequency peer: vielfacher (+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 „Viehhaltung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Viehhaltung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Viehhaltung
PropertyValue
HeadwordViehhaltung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfiːˌhaltʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Viehhaltung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Viehhaltungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vielfacher“ (#70,959), „vertrocknet“ (#70,956), „Vertreterversammlung“ (#70,955). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Viehhaltung“ bei #70,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Viehhaltung is uncommon German at frequency #70,958 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfiːˌhaltʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gewerbliche Unterbringung von Nutztieren".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Viehhaltung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Viehhaltung, spelled V-I-E-H-H-A-L-T-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    gewerbliche Unterbringung von Nutztieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Viehhaltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kritisch [für das Klima] sind Viehhaltung und weltweit wachsender Fleischkonsum auch wegen des zunehmenden Bedarfs an Soja für die Fütterung.
  2. „Die Nilohamiten, ursprüngliche Jäger- und Hirtenvölker, haben ihre Nahrung der Viehhaltung zu verdanken.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Viehhaltung"?
"Viehhaltung" is spelled V-I-E-H-H-A-L-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfiːˌhaltʊŋ].
What does "Viehhaltung" mean?
As a noun, "Viehhaltung" means: gewerbliche Unterbringung von Nutztieren
How do you pronounce "Viehhaltung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Viehhaltung" is [ˈfiːˌhaltʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Viehhaltung" come from?
"Viehhaltung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Viehhaltung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vertrocknet#70,956Volkskultur#70,963verstecktes#70,951verstandene#70,949

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list