Moorhuhn
German, noun/ˈmoːɐ̯ˌhuːn/
Moorhuhn is spelled M-O-O-R-H-U-H-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moorhuhn is a German neuter noun meaning “willow grouse, willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hühnervogel, der ein rotbraunes Sommerkleid mit weißen Beinen und Unterseite hat”.
What does Moorhuhn mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwillow grouse, willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hühnervogel, der ein rotbraunes Sommerkleid mit weißen Beinen und Unterseite hat
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 Moorhuhn
- Moorhuhnes genitive
- Moorhuhns genitive
- Moorhühner plural
- Moorhuhne dative singular
- Moorhühnern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Moorhuhn?
- /ˈmoːɐ̯ˌhuːn/
- [ˈmoːɐ̯ˌhuːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Moorhuhn in German?
Moorhuhn appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).