Hodensack

[ˈhoːdn̩ˌzak]

/[ˈhoːdn̩ˌzak]/ noun

The verdict

“Hodensack” is uncommon German (frequency #66,326 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,326
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sackartige Hülle aus Haut und Muskeln, die die Keimdrüsen männlicher Säugetiere enthält

Corpus desk

Index DE-hodensack · Hodensack · German

Hodensack · rank #66,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,326
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hochkommen

Nearest frequency peer: hochkommen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hodensack“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hodensack“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hodensack
PropertyValue
HeadwordHodensack
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhoːdn̩ˌzak]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,326
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hodensack“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hodensackfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hochkommen“ (#66,325), „hirntot“ (#66,324), „Holzland“ (#66,328). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hodensack“ bei #66,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hodensack is uncommon German at frequency #66,326 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːdn̩ˌzak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sackartige Hülle aus Haut und Muskeln, die die Keimdrüsen männlicher Säugetiere enthält".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Hodensack in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hodensack, spelled H-O-D-E-N-S-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    sackartige Hülle aus Haut und Muskeln, die die Keimdrüsen männlicher Säugetiere enthält

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hodensack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Unter der Dusche entdeckte er einen kleinen, verdächtigen Knoten am Hodensack.
  2. Die Hodentemperatur wird dadurch geregelt, dass sich der Hodensack bei Kälte zusammenzieht, […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hodensack"?
"Hodensack" is spelled H-O-D-E-N-S-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhoːdn̩ˌzak].
What does "Hodensack" mean?
As a noun, "Hodensack" means: sackartige Hülle aus Haut und Muskeln, die die Keimdrüsen männlicher Säugetiere enthält
How do you pronounce "Hodensack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hodensack" is [ˈhoːdn̩ˌzak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hodensack" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hodensack", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list