hunk

[hʌŋk]

/[hʌŋk]/ noun

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The verdict

“hunk” is uncommon German (frequency #94,422 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,422
frequency rank, German
59,066
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Stück, der Brocken

Key facts for hunk
PropertyValue
Headwordhunk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hʌŋk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#94,422
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hunk” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hunk lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hunk is uncommon German at frequency #94,422 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hʌŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for hunk in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hunk, spelled H-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Stück, der Brocken
  2. 2
    gut aussehender Mann

Synonyms

chunklumppiece

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 "hunk"?
"hunk" is spelled H-U-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is [hʌŋk].
What does "hunk" mean?
As a noun, "hunk" means: das Stück, der Brocken
How do you pronounce "hunk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hunk" is [hʌŋk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hunk" come from?
"hunk" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “hunk”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-U-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [hʌŋk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list