Hockey
German, noun/ˈhɔke/
Hockey is spelled H-O-C-K-E-Y (6 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hockey is a German neuter noun meaning “hockey (family of sports)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ballsportart, bei der versucht wird, einen Ball mit gekrümmten Schlägern ins gegnerische Tor zu schießen”.
What does Hockey mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhockey (family of sports)
- 2
neuterfield hockey
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ballsportart, bei der versucht wird, einen Ball mit gekrümmten Schlägern ins gegnerische Tor zu schießen.
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 Hockey
- Hockeys genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hockey?
- /ˈhɔke/
- /ˈhɔki/
- archaic /ˈhɔkaɪ̯/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hockey
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hockey in German?
Hockey appears 5.0 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).