Ahndung
German, noun/ˈaːndʊŋ/
Ahndung is spelled A-H-N-D-U-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahndung is a German feminine noun meaning “punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bestrafung eines Vergehens, insbesondere durch eine Institution”.
What does Ahndung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepunishment
Ahndung von Verkehrsordnungswidrigkeiten
- 2
datedfeminineAhnung: premonition
Von den Ahndungen und Visionen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bestrafung eines Vergehens, insbesondere durch eine Institution
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ahndung
- Ahndungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ahndung?
- /ˈaːndʊŋ/
- [ˈʔaːndʊŋ]
- [ˈaːndʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ahndung in German?
Ahndung appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).