Hungerwinter
German, noun/ˈhʊŋɐˌvɪntɐ/
Hungerwinter is spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-W-I-N-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hungerwinter is a German masculine noun meaning “winter of starvation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Winter, in dem großer Nahrungsmangel herrscht”.
What does Hungerwinter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewinter of starvation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Winter, in dem großer Nahrungsmangel herrscht
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 Hungerwinter
- Hungerwinters genitive
- Hungerwintern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hungerwinter?
- /ˈhʊŋɐˌvɪntɐ/
- [ˈhʊŋɐˌvɪntɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hungerwinter in German?
Hungerwinter appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).