Hendl
[ˈhɛndl̩]
The verdict
“Hendl” is uncommon German (frequency #68,326 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,326
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (junges) Huhn
Corpus desk
Index DE-hendl · Hendl · German
Hendl · rank #68,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,326
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heir
Nearest frequency peer: heir (-3 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hendl“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Heidelbeeren
Heidelbeeren
31,680 corpus weight
- heillos
heillos
31,679 corpus weight
- heir
heir
31,678 corpus weight
- Hendl
Hendl
31,675 corpus weight
- heroisch
heroisch
31,671 corpus weight
- Herzkrankhe…
Herzkrankheiten
31,670 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hendl“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hendl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛndl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hendl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hendl is uncommon German at frequency #68,326 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛndl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hendl, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Hendl, spelled H-E-N-D-L.
Definition
- 1(junges) Huhn
- 2Brathuhn, Brathähnchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hendl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich erkläre ihm, daß die Hendl Eier legen und aus den Eiern wieder Hendl kommen.
„Und im Hof hat a Hendl gackert, weil ’s Hendl a guts Ei glegt ghabt. Und d’ Nachberin hat gmeint, sie kunnt net schlafen, weil ’s Hendl gackert. Und da haben sie ’s Hendl eingsperrt. Aber ’s Hendl hat gackert, weil’s a guts Ei hat glegt ghabt. Und daß d’ Nachberin schlafen kunnt, drum haben s’ dem Hendl mit’m Messer ’s Köpfl abigschlagen. Jetzt hat’s nim…
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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