Hafenmeister
German, noun[ˈhaːfn̩ˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
Hafenmeister is spelled H-A-F-E-N-M-E-I-S-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hafenmeister is a German masculine noun meaning “harbormaster, port master, havener (archaic) (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die in einem Hafen für Schiffsbewegungen, Sicherheit und nautische Verwaltung verantwortlich ist”.
What does Hafenmeister mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharbormaster, port master, havener (archaic) (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die in einem Hafen für Schiffsbewegungen, Sicherheit und nautische Verwaltung verantwortlich 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 Hafenmeister
- Hafenmeisters genitive
- Hafenmeisterin feminine
- Hafenmeistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hafenmeister?
- [ˈhaːfn̩ˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hafenmeister
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hafenmeister in German?
Hafenmeister appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).