Hooligan
German, noun/ˈhuːliɡɛn/
Hooligan is spelled H-O-O-L-I-G-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hooligan is a German masculine noun meaning “hooligan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fußball- oder Sportfan, der gerne Gewalt gegen andere Fans (insbesondere Fans anderer bzw. gegnerischer…”.
What does Hooligan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehooligan
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fußball- oder Sportfan, der gerne Gewalt gegen andere Fans (insbesondere Fans anderer bzw. gegnerischer Teams) anwendet
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 Hooligan
- Hooligans genitive
- Hool abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hooligan?
- /ˈhuːliɡɛn/
- [ˈhuːliɡən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hooligan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hooligan in German?
Hooligan 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).