Vorhängen
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛŋən]
The verdict
“Vorhängen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,664 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,664
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Vorhang
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorhangen · Vorhängen · German
Vorhängen · rank #56,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,664
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorhabe
Nearest frequency peer: vorhabe (-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 „Vorhängen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vizekönig
Vizekönig
43,340 corpus weight
- Vokalen
Vokalen
43,339 corpus weight
- vorhabe
vorhabe
43,338 corpus weight
- Vorhängen
Vorhängen
43,337 corpus weight
- Vorjahre
Vorjahre
43,336 corpus weight
- vorkamen
vorkamen
43,335 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorhängen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorhängen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛŋən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorhängen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorhängen is uncommon German at frequency #56,664 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Vorhang".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Vorhängen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorhängen, spelled V-O-R-H-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Vorhang
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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