Hauben
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯bn̩]
Hauben is spelled H-A-U-B-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauben is a German noun meaning “plural of Haube” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Hauben mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of Haube
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Überzug, einer Kopfbedeckung (einer Haube) bedecken (bei Frauen historisch ein Zeichen der Eheschließung, bei Raubvögeln das Aufsetzen einer Haube, die das Sehen und damit das Fliehen unmöglich macht)
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 Hauben
- haube present
- haubst present
- haubt present
- haubte past
- haub! imperative singular
- haube! imperative singular
- haubt! imperative plural
- gehaubt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gehaubt haben active infinitive perfect
- gehaubt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gehaubt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- gehaubt sein statal-passive infinitive present
- gehaubt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu hauben active extended infinitive
- gehaubt zu haben active extended infinitive
- gehaubt zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- gehaubt worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauben?
- [ˈhaʊ̯bn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hauben in German?
Hauben appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).