Englischhorn
[ˈɛŋlɪʃˌhɔʁn]
The verdict
“Englischhorn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Oboe (Musikinstrument) in Altlage
Corpus desk
Index DE-englischhorn · Englischhorn · German
Englischhorn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Englischhorn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋlɪʃˌhɔʁn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Englischhorn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Englischhorn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛŋlɪʃˌhɔʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Oboe (Musikinstrument) in Altlage".
No misspelling variants are generated for Englischhorn in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Englischhorn, spelled E-N-G-L-I-S-C-H-H-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1eine Oboe (Musikinstrument) in Altlage
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Englischhorn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Englischhorn hat einen festen Platz im Sinfonieorchester.
Der birnenförmige Schalltrichter des Englischhorns wird auch "Liebesfuß" genannt.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.