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hunde-

German, prefix

hunde- is spelled H-U-N-D-E (5 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,344th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hunde- is a German prefix meaning “Intensifies adjectives that denote undesirable qualities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Hunde is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Hund”. On this page, Hünde is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Hund”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement bei Adjektiven zur Verdeutlichung einer besonders stark negativ…”.

What does hunde- mean in English?

prefix

  1. 1

    informalIntensifies adjectives that denote undesirable qualities.

    hunde- + müde (“tired”) → hundemüde (“incredibly tired”)

  2. 2

    informalIntensifies nouns, giving them a negative quality.

    hunde- + Wetter (“weather”) → Hundewetter (“terrible weather”)

noun

as Hunde
  1. 1

    nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Hund

  2. 2

    archaicdative singular of Hund

noun

as Hünde
  1. 1

    nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Hund

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

prefix: 1. vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement bei Adjektiven zur Verdeutlichung einer besonders stark negativ ausgeprägten Eigenschaft 2. vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement bei Substantiven zur Verdeutlichung einer besonders stark negativ ausgeprägten Variante

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 hunde-

  • hunds- alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to hunde-

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hunde- in German?

hunde- appears 35 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).

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