Hornklee
[ˈhɔʁnˌkleː]
The verdict
“Hornklee” 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) - artenreiche Gattung krautiger Pflanzen aus der Familie der Hülsenfrüchtler
Corpus desk
Index DE-hornklee · Hornklee · German
Hornklee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Hornklee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔʁnˌkleː] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hornklee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hornklee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɔʁnˌkleː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "artenreiche Gattung krautiger Pflanzen aus der Familie der Hülsenfrüchtler".
Hornklee has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hornklee, spelled H-O-R-N-K-L-E-E.
Definition
- 1artenreiche Gattung krautiger Pflanzen aus der Familie der Hülsenfrüchtler
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hornklee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die verschiedenen Arten des Hornklees sind an ein breites Spektrum von Lebensräumen angepasst.
„Der Hornklee ernährt eine Vielzahl von Schmetterlingsraupen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.