hoi
German, interjection/hɔʏ̯/
hoi is spelled H-O-I (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoi is a German interjection meaning “hi! an informal greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausruf des (freudigen) Erstaunens”.
What does hoi mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Switzerlandhi! an informal greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence
Hoi, wie geht's?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Ausruf des (freudigen) Erstaunens 2. Ausruf der ärgerlichen Feststellung
phrase: 1. es hallo
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce hoi?
- /hɔʏ̯/
- [hɔɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hoi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hoi in German?
hoi 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).