hurra
German, interjection
hurra is spelled H-U-R-R-A (5 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hurra is a German interjection meaning “hooray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hurra is a different word: “hooray”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freudenschrei”.
What does hurra mean in English?
interjection
- 1
hooray
noun
- 1
neuterhooray
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Freudenschrei
noun: 1. der Hurraruf, der sowohl zum Jubel, zur Freude als auch zum Angriff gerufen wird
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 hurra
- hurrah alternative
- Hurras genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hurra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hurra in German?
hurra appears 4.9 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).