HQ
German, noun
HQ is spelled H-Q (2 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 33,501st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). HQ is a German noun meaning “initialism of Hauptquartier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does HQ mean in English?
noun
- 1
initialism of Hauptquartier
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Hauptquartier
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 HQ
- HQu. alternative
- H.-Qu. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is HQ in German?
HQ appears 1.3 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).