Hanf
German, noun/hanf/
Hanf is spelled H-A-N-F (4 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hanf is a German masculine noun meaning “hemp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gattung der Blütenpflanzen mit handförmigen Blättern und langen, zähen Fasern (Cannabis)”.
What does Hanf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterrarehemp
- 2
masculineneuterrarehemp as a drug or medical substance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gattung der Blütenpflanzen mit handförmigen Blättern und langen, zähen Fasern (Cannabis) 2. der Nutzhanf Cannabis sativa
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 Hanf
- Hanfes genitive
- Hanfs genitive
- Hanfe dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hanf?
- /hanf/
- /hamf/
- [haɱf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hanf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hanf in German?
Hanf appears 2.5 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).