Windhund
[ˈvɪntˌhʊnt]
The verdict
“Windhund” is uncommon German (frequency #86,061 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,061
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter einer Gruppe schlanker, hochbeiniger Hunderassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-windhund · Windhund · German
Windhund · rank #86,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,061
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wirkend
Nearest frequency peer: wirkend (+2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Windhund“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wetterprogn…
Wetterprognose
13,945 corpus weight
- widerspenst…
widerspenstig
13,944 corpus weight
- Windhund
Windhund
13,940 corpus weight
- wirkend
wirkend
13,938 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftssystems
13,936 corpus weight
- witterte
witterte
13,935 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Windhund“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Windhund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪntˌhʊnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Windhund“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Windhund is uncommon German at frequency #86,061 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪntˌhʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Windhund, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Windhund, spelled W-I-N-D-H-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Vertreter einer Gruppe schlanker, hochbeiniger Hunderassen
- 2Person, die sich durch Unzuverlässigkeit und Oberflächlichkeit auszeichnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Windhund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Windhunde zählen zu den schnellsten Landlebewesen.
„Ein zweiter Windhund stürzte, kaum dass er den Herrn vom Blumengarten aus erblickt hatte, mit gekrümmtem Rücken auf die Freitreppe zu, hob die Rute und rieb sich an Nikolais Beinen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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