Hundesohn

[ˈhʊndəˌzoːn]

/[ˈhʊndəˌzoːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hundesohn” is uncommon German (frequency #78,127 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,127
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ehrenloser, verachtenswerter Mann

Corpus desk

Index DE-hundesohn · Hundesohn · German

Hundesohn · rank #78,127 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,127
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hubs

Nearest frequency peer: Hubs (-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 „Hundesohn“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hundesohn
PropertyValue
HeadwordHundesohn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhʊndəˌzoːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,127
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hundesohn“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hubs“ (#78,126), „hundred“ (#78,128), „hotdogs“ (#78,125). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hundesohn“ bei #78,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hundesohn is uncommon German at frequency #78,127 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhʊndəˌzoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ehrenloser, verachtenswerter Mann".

Zero misspellings are on record for Hundesohn in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hundesohn, spelled H-U-N-D-E-S-O-H-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ehrenloser, verachtenswerter Mann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Bei seinen Taten handelte es sich um blinde Wut und Rache, nichts weiter. Ihm war bewusst, dass er auf diese Weise nicht wirklich etwas bewirkte, abgesehen davon, ein paar Hundesöhne zu Hackfleisch zu schreddern.“
  2. „Ich bin niemand, der sich darüber aufregt, wenn man ihn ›Hundesohn‹ nennt.“

This word in other languages

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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 "Hundesohn"?
"Hundesohn" is spelled H-U-N-D-E-S-O-H-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhʊndəˌzoːn].
What does "Hundesohn" mean?
As a noun, "Hundesohn" means: ehrenloser, verachtenswerter Mann
How do you pronounce "Hundesohn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hundesohn" is [ˈhʊndəˌzoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hundesohn" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list