Hundehaufen

[ˈhʊndəˌhaʊ̯fn̩]

/[ˈhʊndəˌhaʊ̯fn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hundehaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,120 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,120
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feste Exkremente eines Hundes

Corpus desk

Index DE-hundehaufen · Hundehaufen · German

Hundehaufen · rank #84,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,120
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH humanities

Nearest frequency peer: humanities (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hundehaufen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hundehaufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hundehaufen
PropertyValue
HeadwordHundehaufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhʊndəˌhaʊ̯fn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,120
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hundehaufen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hundehaufenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „humanities“ (#84,119), „Hunderasse“ (#84,121), „huan“ (#84,118). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hundehaufen“ bei #84,120. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hundehaufen is uncommon German at frequency #84,120 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhʊndəˌhaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feste Exkremente eines Hundes".

No misspelling variants are generated for Hundehaufen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Hundehaufen, spelled H-U-N-D-E-H-A-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    feste Exkremente eines Hundes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hundehaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Stadt hat den Hundehaufen auf dem Bürgersteig den Kampf angesagt.
  2. „Als ich ihn darauf ansprach, wurde er zornig und teilte mir mit, dass es in Anbetracht der vielen Hundehaufen auf den Straßen doch auf dieses Häufchen nun wirklich nicht mehr ankäme.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hundehaufen"?
"Hundehaufen" is spelled H-U-N-D-E-H-A-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhʊndəˌhaʊ̯fn̩].
What does "Hundehaufen" mean?
As a noun, "Hundehaufen" means: feste Exkremente eines Hundes
How do you pronounce "Hundehaufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hundehaufen" is [ˈhʊndəˌhaʊ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hundehaufen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hundeschule#84,122hospitality#84,115Hollandaise#84,109Kampfszenen#84,167

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list