Knurrhahn
German, noun/ˈknʊʁˌhaːn/
Knurrhahn is spelled K-N-U-R-R-H-A-H-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knurrhahn is a German masculine noun meaning “gurnard (marine fish of the family Triglidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Meeresfisch, der ein knurrendes Geräusch von sich gibt, Vertreter der Familie der Knurrhähne (Triglidae)”.
What does Knurrhahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegurnard (marine fish of the family Triglidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Meeresfisch, der ein knurrendes Geräusch von sich gibt, Vertreter der Familie der Knurrhähne (Triglidae)
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 Knurrhahn
- Knurrhahnes genitive
- Knurrhahns genitive
- Knurrhähne plural
- Knurrhahne dative singular
- Knurrhähnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knurrhahn?
- /ˈknʊʁˌhaːn/
- [ˈknʊʁhaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Knurrhahn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knurrhahn in German?
Knurrhahn appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).