hundert
German, number
hundert is spelled H-U-N-D-E-R-T (7 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written German, the 2,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hundert is a German number meaning “one hundred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hundert is a different word: “hundred (set or unit of one hundred items)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Kardinalzahl zwischen 99 und 101; zehn hoch zwei (10²)”.
What does hundert mean in English?
number
- 1
one hundred
noun
- 1
neuterhundred (set or unit of one hundred items)
- 2
neuterhundreds, a lot (unspecified large quantity)
noun
- 1
femininehundred (the number)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
number: 1. die Kardinalzahl zwischen 99 und 101; zehn hoch zwei (10²) 2. unbestimmte, große Menge; viel
noun: 1. die natürliche Zahl zwischen der Neunundneunzig und der Hunderteins
noun: 1. eine Menge aus zehn mal zehn (hundert) Dingen 2. sehr viele, eine Menge von vermutlich mehr als hundert
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 hundert
- Hunderts genitive
- Hunderte plural
- Hunderten plural
- [1] „Arabische“ Ziffern für hundert: 100 abbreviation
- [1] Römische Ziffer für hundert: Ⅽ abbreviation
- H. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hundert
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hundert in German?
hundert appears 34 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).