Höckerschwan
German, noun[ˈhœkɐˌʃvaːn]
Höckerschwan is spelled H-Ö-C-K-E-R-S-C-H-W-A-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Höckerschwan is a German masculine noun meaning “mute swan (Cygnus olor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großer, weißer Wasservogel aus der Familie der Entenvögel (Anatidae)”.
What does Höckerschwan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemute swan (Cygnus olor)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großer, weißer Wasservogel aus der Familie der Entenvögel (Anatidae)
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 Höckerschwan
- Höckerschwanes genitive
- Höckerschwans genitive
- Höckerschwäne plural
- Höckerschwane dative singular
- Höckerschwänen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Höckerschwan?
- [ˈhœkɐˌʃvaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Höckerschwan in German?
Höckerschwan appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).