Heimatort
German, noun[ˈhaɪ̯matˌʔɔʁt]
Heimatort is spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-O-R-T (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heimatort is a German masculine noun meaning “hometown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ort, in dem man sich zuhause fühlt (oft der Ort, in dem man geboren und aufgewachsen ist)”.
What does Heimatort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehometown
- 2
Switzerlandmasculineplace of origin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ort, in dem man sich zuhause fühlt (oft der Ort, in dem man geboren und aufgewachsen ist)
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 Heimatort
- Heimatortes genitive
- Heimatorts genitive
- Heimatorte plural
- Heimatorten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heimatort?
- [ˈhaɪ̯matˌʔɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Heimatort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Heimatort in German?
Heimatort appears 2.1 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).