herrschend
German, adjective[ˈhɛʁʃn̩t]
herrschend is spelled H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herrschend is a German adjective meaning “prevalent, prevailing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of herrschen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Macht in einer Gemeinschaft habend/ausübend”.
What does herrschend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prevalent, prevailing
- 2
dominant, ruling, reigning
verb
- 1
present participle of herrschen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Macht in einer Gemeinschaft habend/ausübend 2. im besonderen Maße vorhanden; von der Mehrheit vertreten/angenommen
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 herrschend
- herrschender masculine nominative singular
- herrschende feminine nominative singular
- herrschendes neuter nominative singular
- herrschenden genitive masculine singular
- herrschendem dative masculine singular
- der herrschende definite includes-article masculine
- die herrschende definite feminine includes-article
- das herrschende definite includes-article neuter
- die herrschenden definite includes-article nominative
- des herrschenden definite genitive includes-article
- der herrschenden definite feminine genitive
- dem herrschenden dative definite includes-article
- den herrschenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herrschend?
- [ˈhɛʁʃn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herrschend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herrschend in German?
herrschend appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).