Hund
German, noun/hʊnt/
Hund is spelled H-U-N-D (4 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written German, the 1,189th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hund is a German masculine noun meaning “dog, hound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Haustier, dessen Vorfahre der Wolf ist”.
What does Hund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedog, hound
- 2
derogatorymasculinescoundrel; dog (mean or morally reprehensible person)
ein gemeiner Hund
- 3
masculineA board with casters used to transport heavy objects.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haustier, dessen Vorfahre der Wolf ist 2. gerissener, gemeiner, hinterhältiger oder brutaler Mitmensch 3. ein Förderwagen (meist auf Gleisen) 4. ein Rollbrett für Möbel
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 Hund
- Hundes genitive
- Hunds genitive
- Hunde plural
- Hünde error-unknown-tag plural
- Hündchen diminutive neuter
- Hündlein diminutive neuter
- Hundchen diminutive neuter
- Hunderl diminutive neuter
- Hundi diminutive neuter
- Hundilein diminutive neuter
- Rüde masculine
- Hündin feminine
- Petze feminine
- Zaupe feminine
- Zibbe feminine
- Hunden dative definite plural
- Hünden dative definite nonstandard
- H. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hund?
- /hʊnt/
- [hʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hund
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hund in German?
Hund appears 72 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).