Hündchen
German, noun
Hündchen is spelled H-Ü-N-D-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hündchen is a German neuter noun meaning “doggy, puppy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Hundchen is a different word: “diminutive of Hund”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Hund, junger Hund”.
What does Hündchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdoggy, puppy
noun
- 1
informalneuterdiminutive of Hund
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Hund, junger Hund
noun: 1. kleiner Hund; junger Hund
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 Hündchen
- Hündchens genitive
- Hundchen alternative
- Hündlein alternative
- Hunderl alternative
- Hundi alternative
- Hundilein alternative
- Hundchens genitive
- Hündchen alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hündchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hündchen in German?
Hündchen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).