Hafen
German, noun
Hafen is spelled H-A-F-E-N (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,521st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hafen is a German masculine noun meaning “harbour/harbor; port; haven” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Häfen is a different word: “prison, jail”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “natürliches oder künstlich angelegtes Wasserbecken für Schiffe am Meeresrand oder an Binnenwasserwegen, um…”.
What does Hafen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharbour/harbor; port; haven
noun
- 1
masculinepot
noun
- 1
Austriainformalmasculineprison, jail
noun
- 1
plural of Hafen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. natürliches oder künstlich angelegtes Wasserbecken für Schiffe am Meeresrand oder an Binnenwasserwegen, um dort zu liegen und zu ankern, mit Anlagen zum Löschen, Laden, Reinigen und Ausbessern 2. Ruheort 3. Topf 4. Gefäß für Glasschmelze in der Glasmacherei, Schmelztiegel
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 Hafen
- Hafens genitive
- Häfen plural
- Häfens genitive
- Hf. abbreviation
- Hfn. abbreviation
- Häfchen diminutive
- Häfele diminutive
- Haferl diminutive
- Häferl diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hafen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hafen in German?
Hafen appears 23 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).