Perlhuhn
German, noun/ˈpɛʁlˌhuːn/
Perlhuhn is spelled P-E-R-L-H-U-H-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perlhuhn is a German neuter noun meaning “guineafowl, guinea fowl, guineahen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Afrika verbreiteter Vogel aus der Ordnung der Hühnervögel”.
What does Perlhuhn mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterguineafowl, guinea fowl, guineahen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in Afrika verbreiteter Vogel aus der Ordnung der Hühnervögel
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 Perlhuhn
- Perlhuhnes genitive
- Perlhuhns genitive
- Perlhühner plural
- Perlhuhne dative singular
- Perlhühnern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Perlhuhn?
- /ˈpɛʁlˌhuːn/
- [ˈpʰɛʁlˌhuːn]
- [ˈpɛʁlˌhuːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Perlhuhn in German?
Perlhuhn appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).