Hain
German, noun/haɪ̯n/
Hain is spelled H-A-I-N (4 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hain is a German masculine noun meaning “grove; woods; small forest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner lichter Wald (der häufig wie ein Park besonders gepflegt wird oder der Verehrung einer Gottheit dient)”.
What does Hain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrove; woods; small forest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner lichter Wald (der häufig wie ein Park besonders gepflegt wird oder der Verehrung einer Gottheit dient)
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 Hain
- Haines genitive
- Hains genitive
- Haine plural
- Hainen dative definite plural
- Hayn alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hain?
- /haɪ̯n/
- [haɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hain in German?
Hain appears 2.8 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).