Füllhorn

[ˈfʏlˌhɔʁn]

/[ˈfʏlˌhɔʁn]/ noun

The verdict

“Füllhorn” is uncommon German (frequency #76,802 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,802
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Horn der Nymphe Amalthea, aus dem sich Reichtum und Segen ergießt

Corpus desk

Index DE-fullhorn · Füllhorn · German

Füllhorn · rank #76,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,802
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Föhnen

Nearest frequency peer: Föhnen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Füllhorn“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Füllhorn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Füllhorn
PropertyValue
HeadwordFüllhorn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʏlˌhɔʁn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,802
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Füllhorn“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Füllhornfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Föhnen“ (#76,801), „furie“ (#76,799), „Gasmaske“ (#76,805). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Füllhorn“ bei #76,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Füllhorn is uncommon German at frequency #76,802 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʏlˌhɔʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Füllhorn, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Füllhorn, spelled F-Ü-L-L-H-O-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Horn der Nymphe Amalthea, aus dem sich Reichtum und Segen ergießt
  2. 2
    Überfluss

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Füllhorn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In der Kunst wird das Füllhorn häufig mit Blumen und Früchten gefüllt dargestellt.
  2. Das Füllhorn dient als Symbol des Überflusses schlechthin.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Füllhorn"?
"Füllhorn" is spelled F-Ü-L-L-H-O-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʏlˌhɔʁn].
What does "Füllhorn" mean?
As a noun, "Füllhorn" means: das Horn der Nymphe Amalthea, aus dem sich Reichtum und Segen ergießt
How do you pronounce "Füllhorn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Füllhorn" is [ˈfʏlˌhɔʁn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Füllhorn" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Füllhorn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list