Hecht
German, noun/hɛçt/
Hecht is spelled H-E-C-H-T (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hecht is a German masculine noun meaning “pike (fish), luce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “länglicher Raubfisch des Süßwassers, mit langem Kopf und starken Zähnen”.
What does Hecht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepike (fish), luce
- 2
masculinea bloke, a guy, especially an admired, self-confident, or arrogant one
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. länglicher Raubfisch des Süßwassers, mit langem Kopf und starken Zähnen 2. ein außergewöhnlicher Mann 3. Kurzform für Hechtsprung
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 Hecht
- Hechtes genitive
- Hechts genitive
- Hechte plural
- Hechten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hecht?
- /hɛçt/
- [hɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hecht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hecht in German?
Hecht appears 2.6 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).