Horsd’œuvre
[ɔʁˈdøːvʁə]
The verdict
“Horsd’œuvre” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines, appetitanregendes Gericht zur Eröffnung einer Mahlzeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-horsd-uvre · Horsd’œuvre · German
Horsd’œuvre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Horsd’œuvre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔʁˈdøːvʁə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Horsd’œuvre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Horsd’œuvre is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔʁˈdøːvʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines, appetitanregendes Gericht zur Eröffnung einer Mahlzeit".
Horsd’œuvre has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Horsd’œuvre, spelled H-O-R-S-D-’-Œ-U-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1kleines, appetitanregendes Gericht zur Eröffnung einer Mahlzeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Horsd’œuvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie zogen sich an und kletterten hinauf zum kleinen Café, wo das Dejeuner eben fertig war, das Horsd’œuvre stand schon auf dem Tisch, winzige Crevetten in Undurchschaubarem, Köstlichem.“
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.