Hentai
German, noun/ˈhɛntaɪ̯/
Hentai is spelled H-E-N-T-A-I (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hentai is a German feminine noun meaning “hentai (anime, manga)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Genre mit pornographischem Hintergrund, das vorwiegend als Manga, Anime oder Erogē umgesetzt wird”.
What does Hentai mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineneuterhentai (anime, manga)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre mit pornographischem Hintergrund, das vorwiegend als Manga, Anime oder Erogē umgesetzt wird
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 do you pronounce Hentai?
- /ˈhɛntaɪ̯/
- [ˈhɛntaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hentai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hentai in German?
Hentai appears 1.6 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).