Hirschkuh
[ˈhɪʁʃˌkuː]
The verdict
“Hirschkuh” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der weibliche Hirsch
Corpus desk
Index DE-hirschkuh · Hirschkuh · German
Hirschkuh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hirschkuh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪʁʃˌkuː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hirschkuh“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hirschkuh is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪʁʃˌkuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der weibliche Hirsch".
Hirschkuh has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hirschkuh, spelled H-I-R-S-C-H-K-U-H.
Definition
- 1der weibliche Hirsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hirschkuh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hirschkuh stand zusammen mit dem Hirsch in der Weide.
„Über einem breiten Bett im übelsten Jugendststil hing in einem massigen Goldrahmen eine Waldlandschaft mit einem röhrenden Hirsch, ein paar Hirschkühen und einer Quelle im Vordergrunde.“
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.