Huhn
German, noun/huːn/
Huhn is spelled H-U-H-N (4 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huhn is a German neuter noun meaning “chicken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Haushuhn (wissenschaftlich:Gallus gallus gallus)”.
What does Huhn mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterchicken
- 2
neuterhen
Mein Huhn hat schon Eier gelegt.
- 3
neuterclipping of Hühnervogel (“landfowl”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Haushuhn (wissenschaftlich:Gallus gallus gallus) 2. weibliches Haushuhn 3. Fleisch vom Haushuhn 4. kurz für verschiedene Hühnervögel (Ordnung Galliformes) mit -huhn im Namen
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 Huhn
- Huhnes genitive
- Huhns genitive
- Hühner plural
- Hühnchen diminutive neuter
- Hühnlein diminutive neuter
- Huhne dative singular
- Hühnern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Huhn?
- /huːn/
- [huːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Huhn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Huhn in German?
Huhn appears 6.2 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).