Herkunft
German, noun[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft]
Herkunft is spelled H-E-R-K-U-N-F-T (8 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herkunft is a German feminine noun meaning “origin, source” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “woher etwas oder jemand kommt”.
What does Herkunft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorigin, source
- 2
femininedescent (lineage or hereditary derivation)
Meine Familie sind germanischer Herkunft.
- 3
feminineetymology (origin of a word)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. woher etwas oder jemand kommt 2. woher jemandes Familie stammt 3. Ursprung eines Wortes
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 Herkunft
- Herkünfte plural
- Herkünften dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Herkunft?
- [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft]
- [ˈheːɐ̯ˌkʊnft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Herkunft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Herkunft in German?
Herkunft appears 30 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).