Hering
German, noun/ˈheːʁɪŋ/
Hering is spelled H-E-R-I-N-G (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hering is a German masculine noun meaning “herring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Meeresfisch mit grünblauem Rücken und silbrig glänzenden Seiten und Bauch, in Schwärmen lebend”.
What does Hering mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherring
- 2
masculinetent peg
- 3
informalmasculinethin person, usually male
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Meeresfisch mit grünblauem Rücken und silbrig glänzenden Seiten und Bauch, in Schwärmen lebend 2. Art der Gattung Echte Heringe 3. meist filetiert und mariniert, gebraten oder geräuchert, servierfertig als Konserve gehandelt 4. Holz- oder Metallpflock zum Verankern von Zeltschnüren
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 Hering
- Heringes genitive
- Herings genitive
- Heringe plural
- Heringen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hering?
- /ˈheːʁɪŋ/
- [ˈheːʁɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hering
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hering in German?
Hering appears 2.2 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).