Hedgefonds
German, noun[ˈhɛdʒˌfɔ̃ː]
Hedgefonds is spelled H-E-D-G-E-F-O-N-D-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hedgefonds is a German masculine noun meaning “hedge fund (an offshore investment fund, typically formed as a private limited partnership, that engages in speculation using high-risk…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Konstrukt zu einer spekulativen Geldanlage, das einerseits Chancen auf extrem hohe Renditen bietet und…”.
What does Hedgefonds mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehedge fund (an offshore investment fund, typically formed as a private limited partnership, that engages in speculation using high-risk methods in the hopes of realizing large capital gains)
Einige Hedgefonds spezialisieren sich auf aktivistische Strategien, um direkten Einfluss auf die Unternehmensführung zu nehmen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Konstrukt zu einer spekulativen Geldanlage, das einerseits Chancen auf extrem hohe Renditen bietet und andererseits mit großen Risiken behaftet ist
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 Hedgefonds
- Hedge-Fonds alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hedgefonds?
- [ˈhɛdʒˌfɔ̃ː]
- [ˈhɛt͡ʃˌfɔ̃ː]
- [ˈhɛt͡ʃˌfɔ̃ːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hedgefonds in German?
Hedgefonds appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).