Heinz
German, noun/haɪ̯nt͡s/
Heinz is a German masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of Stiefelheinz (“bootjack”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Holzgerüst zum Trocknen des Heus”.
What does Heinz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of Stiefelheinz (“bootjack”)
- 2
masculineellipsis of Heuheinz (“[wooden] rack for drying hay, etc.”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Holzgerüst zum Trocknen des Heus 2. Gerät, das den Absatz eines Stiefels festhält, so dass man den Fuß leichter aus dem Stiefel ziehen kann
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 Heinz
- Heinzen genitive
- Heinze variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heinz?
- /haɪ̯nt͡s/
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Heinz in German?
Heinz appears 45 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).