Habenichts
German, noun/ˈhaːbəˌnɪçt͡s/
Habenichts is spelled H-A-B-E-N-I-C-H-T-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Habenichts is a German masculine noun meaning “have-not” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der nichts hat/besitzt oder arm ist”.
What does Habenichts mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinehave-not
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der nichts hat/besitzt oder arm ist
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 Habenichts
- Habenichtses genitive
- Habenichtse plural
- Habenichtsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Habenichts?
- /ˈhaːbəˌnɪçt͡s/
- [ˈhaːbəˌnɪçt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Habenichts in German?
Habenichts appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).