Hiwi
German, noun[ˈhiːvi]
Hiwi is spelled H-I-W-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hiwi is a German masculine noun meaning “unskilled worker, grunt, hand, drudge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hilfswilliger”.
What does Hiwi mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculineunskilled worker, grunt, hand, drudge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hilfswilliger 2. Hilfswissenschaftler 3. Person, die eher untergeordnete Hilfsdienste verrichtet
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 Hiwi
- Hiwis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hiwi?
- [ˈhiːvi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hiwi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hiwi in German?
Hiwi appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).