Hobel
German, noun/ˈhoːbəl/
Hobel is spelled H-O-B-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hobel is a German masculine noun meaning “anything that abrades a surface, such as – particularly – a plane, a grater or slicer, a spokeshave, a safety razor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Werkzeug des Schreiners zum Bearbeiten von Holz, wobei mit dem Hobeleisen Späne von der Materialoberfläche…”.
What does Hobel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanything that abrades a surface, such as – particularly – a plane, a grater or slicer, a spokeshave, a safety razor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Werkzeug des Schreiners zum Bearbeiten von Holz, wobei mit dem Hobeleisen Späne von der Materialoberfläche abgetragen werden 2. Werkzeug, mit dem etwas zerkleinert wird, indem man oberflächlich dünne Späne abträgt
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 Hobel
- Hobels genitive
- Hobeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hobel?
- /ˈhoːbəl/
- [ˈhoːbl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hobel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hobel in German?
Hobel appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).