Hundszunge
[ˈhʊnt͡sˌt͡sʊŋə]
The verdict
“Hundszunge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zoologie, Ichthyologie: ein Plattfisch aus der Familie Schollen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hundszunge · Hundszunge · German
Hundszunge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hundszunge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhʊnt͡sˌt͡sʊŋə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hundszunge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hundszunge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhʊnt͡sˌt͡sʊŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Hundszunge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hundszunge, spelled H-U-N-D-S-Z-U-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Zoologie, Ichthyologie: ein Plattfisch aus der Familie Schollen
- 2eine Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Raublattgewächse
- 3regional für Hundezunge (Zunge vom Hund)
- 4die Fischfamilie der Cynoglossidae (deutsch: Hundezungen) in der Ordnung der Plattfische
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hundszunge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Hundszunge ist als Speisefisch eher unbekannt.
In Deutschland kommen zwei Hundszungen vor.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.