Herbergsvater
German, noun
Herbergsvater is spelled H-E-R-B-E-R-G-S-V-A-T-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herbergsvater is a German masculine noun meaning “(male) hostel warden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Herbergsväter is a different word: “nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Herbergsvater”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Leiter einer Herberge (zum Beispiel einer Jugendherberge)”.
What does Herbergsvater mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculine(male) hostel warden
noun
- 1
nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Herbergsvater
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Leiter einer Herberge (zum Beispiel einer Jugendherberge)
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 Herbergsvater
- Herbergsvaters genitive
- Herbergsväter plural
- Herbergsvätern dative definite plural
- Herbergsmutter feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Herbergsvater in German?
Herbergsvater appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).