horrende

[hɔˈʁɛndə]

/[hɔˈʁɛndə]/ adj

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The verdict

“horrende” is uncommon German (frequency #60,676 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,676
frequency rank, German
59,066
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend

Key facts for horrende
PropertyValue
Headwordhorrende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[hɔˈʁɛndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “horrende” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). horrende lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

horrende is uncommon German at frequency #60,676 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [hɔˈʁɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

horrende doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 horrende, spelled H-O-R-R-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horrende"?
"horrende" is spelled H-O-R-R-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔˈʁɛndə].
What does "horrende" mean?
As an adjective, "horrende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs horrend
How do you pronounce "horrende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horrende" is [hɔˈʁɛndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horrende" come from?
"horrende" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “horrende”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-O-R-R-E-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [hɔˈʁɛndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list