Winkelhaken

/[ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌhaːkn̩]/ noun

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Winkelhaken is aGermannoun. It means: grundsätzlich: hakenförmiges Element, das einen rechten Winkel bildet Pronounced [ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌhaːkn̩].

Key facts for Winkelhaken
PropertyValue
HeadwordWinkelhaken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌhaːkn̩]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Winkelhaken is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Winkelhaken is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌhaːkn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Winkelhaken in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Winkelhaken, spelled W-I-N-K-E-L-H-A-K-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grundsätzlich: hakenförmiges Element, das einen rechten Winkel bildet
  2. 2
    Werkzeug, mit dem die Lettern für den Buchdruck aufgereiht werden
  3. 3
    ein einen Haken bildendes Metallstück, meistens zum Befestigen
  4. 4
    mit kreisförmigem/quadratischem Querschnitt an einer senkrechten Fläche angebracht, wie ein Wandhaken,, oft mit Gewinde.
  5. 5
    Querschnitt flach, einen rechten Winkel bildend und an beiden Enden zu befestigen, zum Fixieren senkrecht zueinander stehender Elemente, zum Beispiel von Möbeln, auch als Beschlag
  6. 6
    Steighaken mit flachem Querschnitt, Öse für ein Sicherungsseil im Winkel
  7. 7
    winkelförmiges Stück (heutzutage:) Metall in der Traktur einer Orgel
  8. 8
    Lehre zum Zeichnen und Kontrollieren rechter Winkel
  9. 9
    dreieckiger, also hakenförmiger Riss im Stoff
  10. 10
    winkelförmiger Keil — 𒌋 — als Element der Schrift
  11. 11
    Einfaches, rechtwinkeliges Element auf einem Wappen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Winkelhaken"?
"Winkelhaken" is spelled W-I-N-K-E-L-H-A-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌhaːkn̩].
What does "Winkelhaken" mean?
As a noun, "Winkelhaken" means: grundsätzlich: hakenförmiges Element, das einen rechten Winkel bildet
How do you pronounce "Winkelhaken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Winkelhaken" is [ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌhaːkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Winkelhaken" come from?
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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.