Präriehund
German, noun/pʁɛˈʁiːˌhʊnt/
Präriehund is a German neuter noun meaning “prairie dog (ground squirrel of the genus Cynomys)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nordamerikanisches Nagetier aus der Gattung Cynomys”.
What does Präriehund mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterprairie dog (ground squirrel of the genus Cynomys)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nordamerikanisches Nagetier aus der Gattung Cynomys
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 Präriehund
- Präriehundes genitive
- Präriehunds genitive
- Präriehunde plural
- Präriehünde error-unknown-tag plural
- Präriehunden dative definite plural
- Präriehünden dative definite nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Präriehund?
- /pʁɛˈʁiːˌhʊnt/
- [pʁɛˈʁiːˌhʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Präriehund in German?
Präriehund appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).