Hoffnungsschimmer
German, noun/ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌʃɪmɐ/
Hoffnungsschimmer is spelled H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-I-M-M-E-R (17 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoffnungsschimmer is a German masculine noun meaning “glimmer of hope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein wenig Hoffnung”.
What does Hoffnungsschimmer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglimmer of hope
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein wenig Hoffnung
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 Hoffnungsschimmer
- Hoffnungsschimmers genitive
- Hoffnungsschimmern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hoffnungsschimmer?
- /ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌʃɪmɐ/
- [ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌʃɪmɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hoffnungsschimmer in German?
Hoffnungsschimmer appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).