hohl
German, adjective
hohl is spelled H-O-H-L (4 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hohl is a German adjective meaning “hollow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, höhl is a different word: “singular imperative of höhlen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Inhalt”.
What does hohl mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hollow
- 2
concave; cupped
- 3
empty, hollow
hohle Phrasen
- 4
colloquialdense; daft (stupid, usually only of people)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of höhlen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Inhalt 2. nach innen gebogen, eine Mulde bildend 3. dumpf, dunkel klingend 4. leer, inhaltslos
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 hohl
- hohler masculine nominative singular
- am hohlsten superlative
- hohle feminine nominative singular
- hohles neuter nominative singular
- hohlen genitive masculine singular
- hohlem dative masculine singular
- der hohle definite includes-article masculine
- die hohle definite feminine includes-article
- das hohle definite includes-article neuter
- die hohlen definite includes-article nominative
- des hohlen definite genitive includes-article
- der hohlen definite feminine genitive
- dem hohlen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hohl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hohl in German?
hohl appears 3.0 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).