Hirni
German, noun[ˈhɪʁni]
Hirni is spelled H-I-R-N-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirni is a German masculine noun meaning “dummy, idiot; someone who isn't quite right in the head (rarely employed as a genuine insult, mostly in ribbing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mensch, der nichts Gescheites im Kopf hat”.
What does Hirni mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinedummy, idiot; someone who isn't quite right in the head (rarely employed as a genuine insult, mostly in ribbing)
Nein, da fahren wir auf dem Rückweg vorbei, du Hirni! Sonst müssten wir ja dreimal hin- und herfahren...
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mensch, der nichts Gescheites im Kopf hat
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 Hirni
- Hirnis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hirni?
- [ˈhɪʁni]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hirni in German?
Hirni appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).