hassen
German, verb/ˈhasn̩/
hassen is spelled H-A-S-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,608th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hassen is a German verb meaning “to hate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feindselige Gefühle gegen jemanden, etwas hegen”.
What does hassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hate
Es gibt nichts, das ich mehr hasse als Wespen.
- 2
to mob
Die Rabenkrähen hassten auf den Waldkauz.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. feindselige Gefühle gegen jemanden, etwas hegen 2. sich gegen einen (vermeintlichen) Feind (zum Beispiel Raubvogel) zusammenrotten
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 hassen
- hasst present singular third-person
- hasste past
- gehasst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hassend participle present
- hasse first-person indicative present
- hassest second-person singular subjunctive
- hasset plural second-person subjunctive
- hassten first-person indicative plural
- hasstest indicative preterite second-person
- hasstet indicative plural preterite
- hass imperative second-person singular
- habe gehasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gehasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- hasse! imperative singular
- hass! imperative singular
- hasst! imperative plural
- gehasst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hassen?
- /ˈhasn̩/
- /ˈhasən/
- [ˈhasn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hassen in German?
hassen appears 17 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).