Henne
German, noun/ˈhɛnə/
Henne is spelled H-E-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Henne is a German feminine noun meaning “hen (female chicken)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiblicher Vogel (insbesondere bei Hühnern)”.
What does Henne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehen (female chicken)
Meine Henne hat schon Eier gelegt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weiblicher Vogel (insbesondere bei Hühnern)
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 Henne
- Hennen plural
- Hahn masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Henne?
- /ˈhɛnə/
- [ˈhɛnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Henne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Henne in German?
Henne appears 2.4 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).