Senn
German, noun/zɛn/
Senn is spelled S-E-N-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Senn is a German masculine noun meaning “alpine cowherd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die in den Alpen auf einer Alm Milchwirtschaft betreibt, also Käse oder Butter herstellt”.
What does Senn mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandmasculinealpine cowherd
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die in den Alpen auf einer Alm Milchwirtschaft betreibt, also Käse oder Butter herstellt
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 Senn
- Sennen genitive
- Sennin feminine
- Senne alternative
- Senner alternative
- Sennes genitive singular
- Senns genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Senn?
- /zɛn/
- [zɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Senn in German?
Senn appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).