Sanddorn
German, noun/ˈzant.dɔʁn/
Sanddorn is spelled S-A-N-D-D-O-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanddorn is a German masculine noun meaning “sea buckthorn (shrub of the genus Hippophae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Strauch aus der Gattung Hippophaë aus der Familie Ölweidengewächse”.
What does Sanddorn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesea buckthorn (shrub of the genus Hippophae)
- 2
masculinesandthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Strauch aus der Gattung Hippophaë aus der Familie Ölweidengewächse
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 Sanddorn
- Sanddornes genitive
- Sanddorns genitive
- Sanddorne plural
- Sanddornen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sanddorn?
- /ˈzant.dɔʁn/
- [ˈzantˌdɔʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sanddorn in German?
Sanddorn appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).