Holunder
[hoˈlʊndɐ]
The verdict
“Holunder” is uncommon German (frequency #67,333 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,333
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beerentragender Strauch aus der Gattung Sambucus mit gelblich weißen Blüten in schirmförmiger Trugdolde und dunkelgrünen, gefiederten Blättern
Corpus desk
Index DE-holunder · Holunder · German
Holunder · rank #67,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,333
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Holbein
Nearest frequency peer: Holbein (-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 „Holunder“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Histamin
Histamin
32,671 corpus weight
- hoheitliche
hoheitliche
32,670 corpus weight
- Holbein
Holbein
32,669 corpus weight
- Holunder
Holunder
32,668 corpus weight
- homogener
homogener
32,667 corpus weight
- Honoratioren
Honoratioren
32,666 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Holunder“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holunder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hoˈlʊndɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Holunder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Holunder is uncommon German at frequency #67,333 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hoˈlʊndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Holunder in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Holunder, spelled H-O-L-U-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1beerentragender Strauch aus der Gattung Sambucus mit gelblich weißen Blüten in schirmförmiger Trugdolde und dunkelgrünen, gefiederten Blättern
- 2speziell der Schwarze Holunder (Sambucus nigra)
- 3kurz für Holunderbeere
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Holunder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Mitteleuropa sind drei Arten von Holunder heimisch.
Der Holunder ist in Europa weit verbreitet.
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.
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