hoffnungsvoll
German, adjective/ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌfɔl/
hoffnungsvoll is spelled H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G-S-V-O-L-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoffnungsvoll is a German adjective meaning “hopeful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hoffnung besitzend; ein positives, gutes Gefühl für die Zukunft habend”.
What does hoffnungsvoll mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hopeful
adverb
- 1
hopefully
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Hoffnung besitzend; ein positives, gutes Gefühl für die Zukunft habend 2. mit Aussicht, Hoffnung auf Erfolg oder Gelingen; hohe Erwartungen weckend
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 hoffnungsvoll
- hoffnungsvoller masculine nominative singular
- am hoffnungsvollsten superlative
- hoffnungsvolle feminine nominative singular
- hoffnungsvolles neuter nominative singular
- hoffnungsvollen genitive masculine singular
- hoffnungsvollem dative masculine singular
- der hoffnungsvolle definite includes-article masculine
- die hoffnungsvolle definite feminine includes-article
- das hoffnungsvolle definite includes-article neuter
- die hoffnungsvollen definite includes-article nominative
- des hoffnungsvollen definite genitive includes-article
- der hoffnungsvollen definite feminine genitive
- dem hoffnungsvollen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hoffnungsvoll?
- /ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌfɔl/
- [ˈhɔfnʊŋsˌfɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hoffnungsvoll
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hoffnungsvoll in German?
hoffnungsvoll 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).