Hahn
German, noun/haːn/
Hahn is spelled H-A-H-N (4 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,037th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hahn is a German masculine noun meaning “cock, rooster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das männliche Tier verschiedener Vogelarten”.
What does Hahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecock, rooster
- 2
masculineellipsis of Wasserhahn (“tap, faucet”)
- 3
masculineellipsis of Fasshahn or Zapfhahn (“spigot, stopcock”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das männliche Tier verschiedener Vogelarten 2. das männliche Huhn 3. eine Wetterfahne in Form eines Hahns [2] 4. eine mechanische Vorrichtung, mit der der Durchfluss von Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen gesteuert werden 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 Hahn
- Hahns genitive
- Hahnes genitive
- Hähne plural
- Hahnen dialectal obsolete plural
- Hähnchen diminutive neuter
- Hähnlein diminutive neuter
- Hahne dative singular
- Hähnen dative definite plural
- Henne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hahn?
- /haːn/
- [häːn]
- [haːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hahn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hahn in German?
Hahn appears 19 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).