heranziehen

\hɛˈʁanˌt͡siːən\

/\hɛˈʁanˌt͡siːən\/ verb

The verdict

“heranziehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer vers soi-même.

Corpus desk

Index FR-heranziehen · heranziehen · French

heranziehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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.

Key facts for heranziehen
PropertyValue
Headwordheranziehen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\hɛˈʁanˌt͡siːən\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « heranziehen » en français

heranziehensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heranziehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \hɛˈʁanˌt͡siːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heranziehen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is heranziehen, spelled H-E-R-A-N-Z-I-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer vers soi-même.
  2. 2
    Réquisitionner, enrôler.
  3. 3
    Éduquer, élever.
  4. 4
    Cultiver une plante, engraisser un animal.
  5. 5
    Utiliser ou mettre à contribution comme matériel, preuve ou modèle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Um die Unterlegenheit der Frau zu beweisen, haben die Antifeministen damals nicht nur wie vordem die Religion, die Philosophie und die Theologie herangezogen, sondern auch die Naturwissenschaften – die Biologie, die Experimentalpsychologie usw.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heranziehen"?
"heranziehen" is spelled H-E-R-A-N-Z-I-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \hɛˈʁanˌt͡siːən\.
What does "heranziehen" mean?
As a verb, "heranziehen" means: Tirer vers soi-même.
How do you pronounce "heranziehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heranziehen" is \hɛˈʁanˌt͡siːən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heranziehen" come from?
"heranziehen" is a French 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list