Hektoliter
German, noun/ˈhɛktoˌlɪtɐ/
Hektoliter is spelled H-E-K-T-O-L-I-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hektoliter is a German masculine noun meaning “hectoliter, hectolitre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Hundertfache des metrischen Hohlmaßes von einem Kubikdezimeter (1 dm³ = 1 l), als Volumeneinheit meist…”.
What does Hektoliter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterhectoliter, hectolitre
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Hundertfache des metrischen Hohlmaßes von einem Kubikdezimeter (1 dm³ = 1 l), als Volumeneinheit meist bei Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen verwendet, 100 Liter
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 Hektoliter
- Hektoliters genitive
- Hektolitern dative definite plural
- hl abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hektoliter?
- /ˈhɛktoˌlɪtɐ/
- [ˈhɛktoˌlɪtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hektoliter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hektoliter in German?
Hektoliter appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).