HS
German, noun
HS is spelled H-S (2 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). HS is a German masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of Hurensohn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Hs. is a different word: “abbreviation of Handschrift; manuscript”. With a capital, Hs is a different word: “plural of H”. In lower case, hs is a different word: “plural of h”.
What does HS mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of Hurensohn
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Handschrift; manuscript
- 2
abbreviation of Halbsatz; partial sentence
noun
- 1
plural of H
noun
- 1
plural of h
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. die Handschrift 2. der Halbsatz
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 common is HS in German?
HS appears 5.1 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).