HB
German, noun
HB is spelled H-B (2 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). HB is a German noun meaning “initialism of Hauptbahnhof (“central/main train station”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Hb. is a different word: “abbreviation of Hoboe (“oboe”)”.
What does HB mean in English?
noun
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Switzerlandinitialism of Hauptbahnhof (“central/main train station”)
noun
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abbreviation of Hoboe (“oboe”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Haftbefehl 2. Handbibliothek 3. Handbücherei 4. Handelsbetrieb
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is HB in German?
HB appears 2.8 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).