Hohnwort
[ˈhoːnˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Hohnwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person als unangemessen angeprangert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-hohnwort · Hohnwort · German
Hohnwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Hohnwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːnˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hohnwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hohnwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːnˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person als unangemessen angeprangert wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hohnwort, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Hohnwort, spelled H-O-H-N-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Wort, mit dem die angesprochene Sache oder Person als unangemessen angeprangert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hohnwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ladendorf (1906) nennt „Kuhhandel“ als Hohnwort: „Kuhhandel, seit den neunziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts ein vielgeliebtes Hohnwort für politische Abmachungen…“
Ein modernes Hohnwort gleicher Qualität wäre der Vorwurf der „Mafiamethoden“.
Synonyms
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.