Hühnerei
German, noun[ˈhyːnɐˌʔaɪ̯]
Hühnerei is spelled H-Ü-H-N-E-R-E-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hühnerei is a German neuter noun meaning “hen's egg, chicken egg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ei, das von einem Huhn stammt”.
What does Hühnerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhen's egg, chicken egg
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ei, das von einem Huhn stammt
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 Hühnerei
- Hühnereies genitive
- Hühnereis genitive
- Hühnereier plural
- Hühnereie dative singular
- Hühnereiern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hühnerei?
- [ˈhyːnɐˌʔaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hühnerei in German?
Hühnerei appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).