Haushund
[ˈhaʊ̯sˌhʊnt]
The verdict
“Haushund” 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) - ein Haustier, Heimtier und Nutztier aus der Familie der Hundeartigen beziehungsweise der Echten Hunde (Canidae)
Corpus desk
Index DE-haushund · Haushund · German
Haushund · 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 | Haushund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯sˌhʊnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haushund“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haushund is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯sˌhʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Haushund in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Haushund, spelled H-A-U-S-H-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1ein Haustier, Heimtier und Nutztier aus der Familie der Hundeartigen beziehungsweise der Echten Hunde (Canidae)
- 2ein Hund, der überwiegend im Haus, im Haushalt lebt und gehalten wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Haushund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bedingt durch die Domestikation hat der Haushund meistens einen kürzeren Schädel als die wildlebenden Hunde.
Unser Haushund ist schon halb blind.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.