Hocke
German, noun
Hocke is spelled H-O-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hocke is a German feminine noun meaning “squat, crouch (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, hocke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Heu- oder Getreidehaufen, der zum Trocknen und Nachreifen aufgestellt wird”.
What does Hocke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesquat, crouch (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Heu- oder Getreidehaufen, der zum Trocknen und Nachreifen aufgestellt wird 2. eine sitzende Körperhaltung mit angewinkelten Beinen 3. eine Rückentraglast 4. Sprung über ein Turngerät (Kasten, Pferd oder Ähnliches) mit angewinkelten Beinen
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 Hocke
- Hocken nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hocke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hocke in German?
Hocke appears 1.2 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).