Hohn
German, noun
Hohn is spelled H-O-H-N (4 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hohn is a German masculine noun meaning “mockery; scorn; derision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, höhn is a different word: “singular imperative of höhnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “demütigender, beißender Spott”.
What does Hohn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemockery; scorn; derision
verb
- 1
singular imperative of höhnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. demütigender, beißender Spott
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 Hohn
- Hohnes genitive
- Hohns genitive
- Hohne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hohn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hohn in German?
Hohn appears 2.4 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).