Purpurreiher
German, noun/ˈpʊʁpʊʁˌʁaɪ̯ɐ/
Purpurreiher is spelled P-U-R-P-U-R-R-E-I-H-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written German, the 428,887th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purpurreiher is a German masculine noun meaning “purple heron (bird of the species Ardea purpurea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel aus der Familie der Reiher mit rötlichem Hals”.
What does Purpurreiher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepurple heron (bird of the species Ardea purpurea)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel aus der Familie der Reiher mit rötlichem Hals
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 Purpurreiher
- Purpurreihers genitive
- Purpurreihern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Purpurreiher?
- /ˈpʊʁpʊʁˌʁaɪ̯ɐ/
- [ˈpʊʁpʊʁˌʁaɪ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Purpurreiher in German?
Purpurreiher appears about once in every 50 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).