Hungerlohn
German, noun/ˈhʊŋɐˌloːn/
Hungerlohn is spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-L-O-H-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hungerlohn is a German masculine noun meaning “starvation wage, pittance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “äußerst geringer Lohn”.
What does Hungerlohn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestarvation wage, pittance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. äußerst geringer Lohn
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 Hungerlohn
- Hungerlohnes genitive
- Hungerlohns genitive
- Hungerlöhne plural
- Hungerlohne dative singular
- Hungerlöhnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hungerlohn?
- /ˈhʊŋɐˌloːn/
- [ˈhʊŋɐˌloːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hungerlohn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hungerlohn in German?
Hungerlohn appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).