Habsucht
German, noun/ˈhaːpzʊxt/
Habsucht is spelled H-A-B-S-U-C-H-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Habsucht is a German feminine noun meaning “greed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwanghafter Drang, immer mehr (Besitz) haben zu wollen, ohne Rücksicht auf andere und unabhängig vom Nutzen”.
What does Habsucht mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreed
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zwanghafter Drang, immer mehr (Besitz) haben zu wollen, ohne Rücksicht auf andere und unabhängig vom Nutzen
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 Habsucht
- Habsüchte nominative plural
- Habsüchten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Habsucht?
- /ˈhaːpzʊxt/
- [ˈhaːpˌzʊxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Habsucht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Habsucht in German?
Habsucht appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).