Hengst
German, noun/hɛŋst/
Hengst is spelled H-E-N-G-S-T (6 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hengst is a German masculine noun meaning “stallion (male horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unverschnittenes männliches Tier bei Pferd, Esel, Dromedar, Kamel und Zebra; auch in Bezug auf Giraffen kommt…”.
What does Hengst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestallion (male horse)
- 2
colloquialmasculinestallion, stud (virile and sexually potent man)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unverschnittenes männliches Tier bei Pferd, Esel, Dromedar, Kamel und Zebra; auch in Bezug auf Giraffen kommt der Begriff „Hengst“ (Giraffenhengst) gelegentlich vor (anstatt Giraffenbulle) 2. männliches Tier aus der Familie der Einhufer und Kamele 3. attraktiver, muskulöser Mann
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 Hengst
- Hengstes genitive
- Hengsts genitive
- Hengste plural
- Hengsten dative definite plural
- H. abbreviation
- Stute feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hengst?
- /hɛŋst/
- [hɛŋst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hengst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hengst in German?
Hengst appears 2.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).