Apportierhund
[apɔʁˈtiːɐ̯ˌhʊnt]
The verdict
“Apportierhund” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hund, der darauf abgerichtet ist, erlegtes/geschossenes Wild herbeizubringen (zu apportieren)
Corpus desk
Index DE-apportierhund · Apportierhund · German
Apportierhund · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | Apportierhund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apɔʁˈtiːɐ̯ˌhʊnt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Apportierhund“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Apportierhund is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [apɔʁˈtiːɐ̯ˌhʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hund, der darauf abgerichtet ist, erlegtes/geschossenes Wild herbeizubringen (zu apportieren)".
Apportierhund has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Apportierhund, spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-I-E-R-H-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Hund, der darauf abgerichtet ist, erlegtes/geschossenes Wild herbeizubringen (zu apportieren)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Apportierhund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„…; während die eingeborenen Polizeidiener in langen weißen, bis oben zugeknöpften Kitteln an der Mauer entlang glitten, barfuß, mit roten Schärpen, den roten Turban auf dem Kopf, hurtig hin und her flitzten, geräuschlos wie Geister und immer auf dem Sprung wie Apportierhunde.“
„Liebe Ann Landers, ich besitze einen prächtigen Apportierhund, der ziemlich bissig werden kann, wenn er von anderen Hunden angegriffen wird, mit Menschen geht er aber höchst zahm um. …“
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.