Hahnenkamm
German, noun[ˈhaːnənˌkam]
Hahnenkamm is spelled H-A-H-N-E-N-K-A-M-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hahnenkamm is a German masculine noun meaning “cockscomb (fleshy red crest of a rooster)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rot gefärbter Hautlappen auf dem Kopf von Kammhühnern, so auch beim Haushuhn”.
What does Hahnenkamm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecockscomb (fleshy red crest of a rooster)
- 2
masculinecockscomb (Celosia argentea var. cristata)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rot gefärbter Hautlappen auf dem Kopf von Kammhühnern, so auch beim Haushuhn 2. Botanik, Mykologie: Pilz aus der Gattung der Korallen 3. Trivialname des Klappertopfes
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 Hahnenkamm
- Hahnenkammes genitive
- Hahnenkamms genitive
- Hahnenkämme plural
- Hahnenkamme dative singular
- Hahnenkämmen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hahnenkamm?
- [ˈhaːnənˌkam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hahnenkamm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hahnenkamm in German?
Hahnenkamm 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).