Alphorn
German, noun/ˈalpˌhɔʁn/
Alphorn is spelled A-L-P-H-O-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alphorn is a German neuter noun meaning “alphorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein langes Blasinstrument aus Holz, dessen nach oben gebogenes Ende beim Spielen auf den Boden gesetzt wird”.
What does Alphorn mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteralphorn
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein langes Blasinstrument aus Holz, dessen nach oben gebogenes Ende beim Spielen auf den Boden gesetzt wird
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 Alphorn
- Alphornes genitive
- Alphorns genitive
- Alphörner plural
- Alphorne dative singular
- Alphörnern dative definite plural
- Alpenhorn alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alphorn?
- /ˈalpˌhɔʁn/
- [ˈalpˌhɔʁn]
- [ˈalpˌhɔɐ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alphorn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alphorn in German?
Alphorn appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).