Hobby
German, noun/ˈhɔbi/
Hobby is spelled H-O-B-B-Y (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hobby is a German neuter noun meaning “a hobby (activity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Betätigung, Steckenpferd, Interessengebiet; etwas, das man freiwillig und gerne tut”.
What does Hobby mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera hobby (activity)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Betätigung, Steckenpferd, Interessengebiet; etwas, das man freiwillig und gerne tut
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 Hobby
- Hobbys genitive
- Hobbies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hobby?
- /ˈhɔbi/
- [ˈhɔbi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hobby
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hobby in German?
Hobby appears 18 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).