Hundepfeife
German, noun/ˈhʊndəˌp͡faɪ̯fə/
Hundepfeife is spelled H-U-N-D-E-P-F-E-I-F-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hundepfeife is a German feminine noun meaning “dog whistle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pfeife, die Hunde viel besser/auf größere Distanzen als Menschen hören können”.
What does Hundepfeife mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedog whistle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pfeife, die Hunde viel besser/auf größere Distanzen als Menschen hören können
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 Hundepfeife
- Hundepfeifen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hundepfeife?
- /ˈhʊndəˌp͡faɪ̯fə/
- [ˈhʊndəˌp͡faɪ̯fə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hundepfeife in German?
Hundepfeife appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).