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HWS

German, noun[haːveːˈʔɛs]

HWS is spelled H-W-S (3 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). HWS is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Halswirbelsäule (“cervical spine”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does HWS mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    abbreviation of Halswirbelsäule (“cervical spine”)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Halswirbelsäule

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 do you pronounce HWS?

  • [haːveːˈʔɛs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is HWS in German?

HWS appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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