heruntergekommen
\hɛˈʁʊntɐɡəˌkɔmən\
The verdict
“heruntergekommen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est dans un état pitoyable, en déclin, galeux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heruntergekommen · heruntergekommen · French
heruntergekommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heruntergekommen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \hɛˈʁʊntɐɡəˌkɔmən\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
heruntergekommen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \hɛˈʁʊntɐɡəˌkɔmən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est dans un état pitoyable, en déclin, galeux.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for heruntergekommen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is heruntergekommen, spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-G-E-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est dans un état pitoyable, en déclin, galeux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heruntergekommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(In seinem Buch) erzählte er von dem armseligen und glamourösen Leben, das er in New York geführt hatte, nachdem er aus der Sowjetunion emigriert war: von Gelegenheitsjobs, seinem Leben als Tagedieb in einer heruntergekommenen Absteige und zuweilen auch auf der Straße, hetero- und homosexuellen Bettgeschichten, Besäufnissen, Diebstählen und Prügeleien (...)
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