Hörnchen
German, noun/ˈhœʁn.çən/
Hörnchen is spelled H-Ö-R-N-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hörnchen is a German neuter noun meaning “ellipsis of Milchhörnchen (“a German pastry, shaped like a croissant”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of Horn. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner, aus einer harten keratinhaltigen Substanz bestehender, (gebogener) spitzer Auswuchs am Kopf einiger…”.
What does Hörnchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Horn
- 2
neuterellipsis of Milchhörnchen (“a German pastry, shaped like a croissant”)
- 3
neuterellipsis of Eishörnchen (“ice cream cone”)
noun
- 1
neutersquirrel (in the broad sense, member of the family Sciuridae)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner, aus einer harten keratinhaltigen Substanz bestehender, (gebogener) spitzer Auswuchs am Kopf einiger Tiere; kleines Horn 2. kurze, (halbkreisförmig) gebogene Nudel 3. längliches Gebäck aus vor allem Blätter- oder Hefe- beziehungsweise Plunderteig, das (halbkreisförmig) gebogen ist 4. trichterförmige Waffel, in die kleine Portionen Speiseeis gefüllt werden
noun: 1. Vertreter einer Familie (Sciuridae) von (in vielen Arten vorkommenden) hauptsächlich pflanzenfressenden Nagetieren unterschiedlicher Größe
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 Hörnchen
- Hörnchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hörnchen?
- /ˈhœʁn.çən/
- [ˈhœʁnçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hörnchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hörnchen in German?
Hörnchen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).