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Höhle

German, noun

Höhle is spelled H-Ö-H-L-E (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Höhle is a German feminine noun meaning “cave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, hohle is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. In lower case, höhle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch natürliche Prozesse entstandener, für Menschen zugänglicher hohler Raum in der Erdkruste, der relativ…”.

What does Höhle mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecave

    In der Höhle wurden prähistorische Malereien entdeckt.

  2. 2

    femininecavity (of the body)

adjective

as hohle
  1. 1

    femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

  2. 2

    strong nominative/accusative plural

  3. 3

    weak nominative all-gender singular

  4. 4

    feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular

verb

as höhle
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

  3. 3

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. durch natürliche Prozesse entstandener, für Menschen zugänglicher hohler Raum in der Erdkruste, der relativ nah an der Oberfläche ist und teilweise oder ganz von Gestein umgeben ist 2. Erdloch oder -tunnel, meist als Behausung für Tiere, Wohnung 3. Hohlraum in einem Feststoff, ein Raum, an dem man den Feststoff nicht antrifft (meist mit mindestens einer Öffnung), Augenhöhle, Bauchhöhle

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 Höhle

  • Höhlen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Höhle

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Höhle in German?

Höhle appears 14 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).

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