hanebüchen
German, adjective/ˈhaːnəˌbyːçn̩/
hanebüchen is spelled H-A-N-E-B-Ü-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hanebüchen is a German adjective meaning “absurd; ludicrous; incongruous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf spektakuläre Weise unglaublich”.
What does hanebüchen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absurd; ludicrous; incongruous
hanebüchener Unsinn
- 2
outrageous; scandalous
eine hanebüchene Frechheit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf spektakuläre Weise unglaublich
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 hanebüchen
- hanebüchener masculine nominative singular
- am hanebüchensten superlative
- hanebüchene feminine nominative singular
- hanebüchenes neuter nominative singular
- hanebüchenen genitive masculine singular
- hanebüchenem dative masculine singular
- der hanebüchene definite includes-article masculine
- die hanebüchene definite feminine includes-article
- das hanebüchene definite includes-article neuter
- die hanebüchenen definite includes-article nominative
- des hanebüchenen definite genitive includes-article
- der hanebüchenen definite feminine genitive
- dem hanebüchenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hanebüchen?
- /ˈhaːnəˌbyːçn̩/
- [ˈhaːnəˌbyːçn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hanebüchen in German?
hanebüchen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).