Honk
German, noun/hɔŋk/
Honk is spelled H-O-N-K (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Honk is a German masculine noun meaning “moron (stupid person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Mensch, der sich nicht besonders klug anstellt”.
What does Honk mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinemoron (stupid person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Mensch, der sich nicht besonders klug anstellt
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 Honk
- Honks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Honk?
- /hɔŋk/
- [hɔŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Honk in German?
Honk appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).