höhnen
German, verb/ˈhøːnən/
höhnen is spelled H-Ö-H-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Höhnen is a German verb meaning “to mock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “abschätzig reden”.
What does höhnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. abschätzig reden 2. jemanden verspotten, mit Spott und Hohn behandeln
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 höhnen
- höhnt present singular third-person
- höhnte past
- gehöhnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- höhnend participle present
- höhne first-person indicative present
- höhnst indicative present second-person
- höhnest second-person singular subjunctive
- höhnet plural second-person subjunctive
- höhnten first-person indicative plural
- höhntest indicative preterite second-person
- höhntet indicative plural preterite
- höhn imperative second-person singular
- habe gehöhnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gehöhnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- höhne! imperative singular
- höhnt! imperative plural
- gehöhnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce höhnen?
- /ˈhøːnən/
- [ˈhøːnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is höhnen in German?
höhnen appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).