Hundefänger
German, noun/ˈhʊndəˌfɛŋɐ/
Hundefänger is spelled H-U-N-D-E-F-Ä-N-G-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hundefänger is a German masculine noun meaning “dogcatcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Hunde (meistens Straßenhunde) einfängt”.
What does Hundefänger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedogcatcher
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Hunde (meistens Straßenhunde) einfängt
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 Hundefänger
- Hundefängeres genitive
- Hundefängers genitive
- Hundefängerin feminine
- Hundefängere dative singular
- Hundefängern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hundefänger?
- Germany /ˈhʊndəˌfɛŋɐ/
- /ˈhʊndɛˌfɛŋɐ/
- Austria [-d̥ɛ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hundefänger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hundefänger in German?
Hundefänger appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).