Hobbit
German, noun/ˈhɔbɪt/
Hobbit is spelled H-O-B-B-I-T (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hobbit is a German masculine noun meaning “hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine, humanoide, intelligente Kreatur, die bevorzugt in Erdhöhlen wohnt”.
What does Hobbit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine, humanoide, intelligente Kreatur, die bevorzugt in Erdhöhlen wohnt 2. Populärname für Homo floresiensis, einer ausgestorbenen, kleingewachsenen Art der Gattung Homo, die auf der indonesischen Insel Flores beheimatet war (in Anlehnung an Tolkien)
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 Hobbit
- Hobbits genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hobbit?
- /ˈhɔbɪt/
- [ˈhɔbɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hobbit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hobbit in German?
Hobbit appears 1.9 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).