Gehörn
[ɡəˈhœʁn]
The verdict
“Gehörn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - länglicher, knochiger Auswuchs am Kopf mancher Tierarten wie Rinder und Ziegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gehorn · Gehörn · German
Gehörn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Gehörn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhœʁn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gehörn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gehörn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhœʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "länglicher, knochiger Auswuchs am Kopf mancher Tierarten wie Rinder und Ziegen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gehörn, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gehörn, spelled G-E-H-Ö-R-N.
Definition
- 1länglicher, knochiger Auswuchs am Kopf mancher Tierarten wie Rinder und Ziegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gehörn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vor dem Bild Friedrichs des Großen, unter Geweihen und Gehörnen versammeln sich die Kandidaten der Flucht im Herrenzimmer.“
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.