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Hungerleider

German, noun/ˈhʊŋɐˌlaɪ̯dɐ/

Hungerleider is spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-L-E-I-D-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hungerleider is a German masculine noun meaning “starveling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der sehr arm ist, ein armer Schlucker”.

What does Hungerleider mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    derogatorymasculinestarveling

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. jemand, der sehr arm ist, ein armer Schlucker 2. eine Person, die sich aus Geiz die notwendigsten Bedürfnisse versagt

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 Hungerleider

  • Hungerleiders genitive
  • Hungerleiderin feminine
  • Hungerleidern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Hungerleider?

  • /ˈhʊŋɐˌlaɪ̯dɐ/
  • [ˈhʊŋɐˌlaɪ̯dɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Hungerleider in German?

Hungerleider appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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