Hufeisen
German, noun/ˈhuːfˌaɪ̯zən/
Hufeisen is spelled H-U-F-E-I-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hufeisen is a German neuter noun meaning “horseshoe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in U-Form gebogenes Eisen, das zum Schutz auf die Hufe von Pferden aufgenagelt wird und als Glücksbringer gilt”.
What does Hufeisen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhorseshoe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in U-Form gebogenes Eisen, das zum Schutz auf die Hufe von Pferden aufgenagelt wird und als Glücksbringer gilt
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 Hufeisen
- Hufeisens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hufeisen?
- /ˈhuːfˌaɪ̯zən/
- [ˈhuːfˌʔaɪ̯zn̩]
- [ˈhuːˌvaɪ̯z(ə)n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hufeisen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hufeisen in German?
Hufeisen appears 1.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).