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Hürde

German, noun

Hürde is spelled H-Ü-R-D-E (5 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hürde is a German feminine noun meaning “obstacle for athletes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Hurde is a different word: “hoarding (wooden construction on a battlement)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “76,20 bis 106,68 cm hohes Hindernis, das in bestimmten Abständen (ungefähr 8,50 bis 35 m) auf der Laufstrecke…”.

What does Hürde mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineobstacle for athletes

  2. 2

    feminineany obstacle to be overcome

  3. 3

    femininemobile fencing element (formerly often of twigs, now more often other materials)

  4. 4

    femininerack on which fruit and vegetables are stored or dried

noun

as Hurde
  1. 1

    femininehoarding (wooden construction on a battlement)

  2. 2

    Switzerlandfemininealternative form of Hürde and Horde (“fencing element; rack”)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. 76,20 bis 106,68 cm hohes Hindernis, das in bestimmten Abständen (ungefähr 8,50 bis 35 m) auf der Laufstrecke steht und vom Läufer überwunden werden muss, ohne dass es umfällt 2. großes Objekt, über das ein Pferd beim Springreiten springen muss, ohne es umzuwerfen 3. ein Hindernis, das man überwinden muss 4. Hürdenlauf

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 Hürde

  • Hürden plural
  • Horde alternative
  • Hurde alternative
  • Hurden plural

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

English words that translate to Hürde

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Hürde in German?

Hürde appears 6.8 times per 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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