hauen
German, verb
hauen is spelled H-A-U-E-N (5 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauen is a German verb meaning “to thrust, slash (with a weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hauen is a different word: “plural of Haue”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen oder mehrere Schläge mit der Faust / den Fäusten versetzen”.
What does hauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thrust, slash (with a weapon)
Er hieb nach meinem Helm.
- 2
to cut, hew
Der Einbrecher haut ein Loch in die Wand.
- 3
colloquialto hit, beat, bang, whack
Meine Mutter hat ihn gehauen.
- 4
colloquialto fling oneself
Ich werde mich in die Falle hauen.
- 5
to chop, chop down
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Haue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen oder mehrere Schläge mit der Faust / den Fäusten versetzen 2. mit einem scharfen Werkzeug (Axt, Beil, Meißel o. Ä.) schneidend schlagen; hacken, fällen oder bearbeiten
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 hauen
- haut present singular third-person
- haute past
- hieb past
- gehauen participle past
- gehaut participle past regional
- haben auxiliary
- hauend participle present
- haue first-person indicative present
- haust indicative present second-person
- hauest second-person singular subjunctive
- hauet plural second-person subjunctive
- hauten first-person indicative plural
- hieben first-person indicative plural
- hiebe first-person formal rare
- hautest indicative preterite second-person
- hiebst indicative preterite second-person
- hautet indicative plural preterite
- hiebt indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hauen in German?
hauen appears 9.8 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).