Hornissennest
German, noun[hɔʁˈnɪsn̩ˌnɛst]
Hornissennest is spelled H-O-R-N-I-S-S-E-N-N-E-S-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hornissennest is a German neuter noun meaning “hornets' nest (literal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nest, das von Hornissen gebaut wurde”.
What does Hornissennest mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhornets' nest (literal)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nest, das von Hornissen gebaut wurde
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 Hornissennest
- Hornissennestes genitive
- Hornissennests genitive
- Hornissennester plural
- Hornissenneste dative singular
- Hornissennestern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hornissennest?
- [hɔʁˈnɪsn̩ˌnɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hornissennest in German?
Hornissennest appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).