Haushuhn
[ˈhaʊ̯sˌhuːn]
The verdict
“Haushuhn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zahmes Huhn; besonders wegen seiner Eier gehaltener Hühnervogel mit roten Kamm auf dem Kopf
Corpus desk
Index DE-haushuhn · Haushuhn · German
Haushuhn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Haushuhn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯sˌhuːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haushuhn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haushuhn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯sˌhuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zahmes Huhn; besonders wegen seiner Eier gehaltener Hühnervogel mit roten Kamm auf dem Kopf".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Haushuhn, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Haushuhn, spelled H-A-U-S-H-U-H-N.
Definition
- 1zahmes Huhn; besonders wegen seiner Eier gehaltener Hühnervogel mit roten Kamm auf dem Kopf
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Haushuhn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Haushuhn (Gallus gallus domesticus) stammt von einem südostasiatischen Wildhuhn ab, dem Bankivahuhn (Gallus gallus).“
Antonyms
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.