Hocker
German, noun
Hocker is spelled H-O-C-K-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hocker is a German masculine noun meaning “stool (of any height)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of hocken (“one who cowers, perches, sits”). With an umlaut, Höcker is a different word: “hump (especially on a camel etc.)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einfaches Sitzmöbel ohne Rücken- und Armlehne”.
What does Hocker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestool (of any height)
- 2
masculineagent noun of hocken (“one who cowers, perches, sits”)
noun
- 1
masculinehump (especially on a camel etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einfaches Sitzmöbel ohne Rücken- und Armlehne 2. auf der Seite liegender Toter mit angezogenen Beinen 3. jemand, der lange an einem Ort verweilt
noun: 1. Ausbuchtung auf dem Rücken von Tieren (Dromedar, Trampeltier) 2. Verwachsung am Rücken 3. Erhöhung am Schnabel, an der Nase 4. kleiner Hügel in der Landschaft
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 Hocker
- Höckers genitive
- Höckern dative definite plural
- Hockers genitive
- Hockern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hocker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hocker in German?
Hocker appears 2.6 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).