hennes

[`hɛ̝nːəs]

/[`hɛ̝nːəs]/ unknown

The verdict

“hennes” is an uncommon German word, ranked #53,773 in German word frequency and used as an unknown.

#53,773
frequency rank, German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Femininum Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens hon

Key facts for hennes
PropertyValue
Headwordhennes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[`hɛ̝nːəs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,773
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hennes” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hennes lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for hennes is 6 letters long, classified as an unknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [`hɛ̝nːəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,773 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Femininum Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens hon".

No misspelling variants are generated for hennes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is hennes, spelled H-E-N-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    3. Person Femininum Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens hon

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hennes"?
"hennes" is spelled H-E-N-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [`hɛ̝nːəs].
What does "hennes" mean?
As an unknown, "hennes" means: 3. Person Femininum Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens hon
How do you pronounce "hennes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hennes" is [`hɛ̝nːəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hennes" come from?
"hennes" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “hennes”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-E-N-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`hɛ̝nːəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list