Hirtenhund
German, noun[ˈhɪʁtn̩ˌhʊnt]
Hirtenhund is spelled H-I-R-T-E-N-H-U-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirtenhund is a German masculine noun meaning “shepherd dog, sheepdog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hund unterschiedlicher Rassen zur Bewachung von Herden”.
What does Hirtenhund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshepherd dog, sheepdog
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hund unterschiedlicher Rassen zur Bewachung von Herden
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 Hirtenhund
- Hirtenhundes genitive
- Hirtenhunds genitive
- Hirtenhunde plural
- Hirtenhündin feminine
- Hirtenhunden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hirtenhund?
- [ˈhɪʁtn̩ˌhʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hirtenhund
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hirtenhund in German?
Hirtenhund appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).