Hub
German, noun/huːp/
Hub is spelled H-U-B (3 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hub is a German masculine noun meaning “lift, lifting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang des Hebens”.
What does Hub mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelift, lifting
- 2
masculinedistance traveled by a piston within an engine
- 3
masculinea puff, a spray (of an inhalator, a nasal spray, etc.)
noun
- 1
masculineneuterhub
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorgang des Hebens 2. Strecke, die beim Hub^([1]) überwunden wird
noun: 1. ein elektronisches Gerät zur Verbindung mehrerer Computer beziehungsweise Netz-Segmente sowohl über Ethernet als auch über USB 2. großes Verteilzentrum eines Logistikunternehmens
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 Hub
- Hubes genitive
- Hubs genitive
- Hübe plural
- Hube dative singular
- Hüben dative definite plural
- H. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hub?
- /huːp/
- /hap/
- [huːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hub in German?
Hub appears 3.7 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).