Hauch
German, noun/haʊ̯x/
Hauch is spelled H-A-U-C-H (5 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauch is a German masculine noun meaning “breath from the mouth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwacher Atem”.
What does Hauch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreath from the mouth
- 2
masculinewhisper; sough
- 3
masculineaspiration
- 4
masculinewaft (of air)
- 5
masculinemist (on something)
- 6
masculinehint or whiff (of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schwacher Atem 2. sichtbarer Atem 3. leichter Luftzug 4. dünne Schicht
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 Hauch
- Hauches genitive
- Hauchs genitive
- Hauche plural
- Hauchen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauch?
- /haʊ̯x/
- [haʊ̯x]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hauch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hauch in German?
Hauch appears 8.1 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).