Hybris
German, noun/ˈhyːbʁɪs/
Hybris is spelled H-Y-B-R-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hybris is a German feminine noun meaning “hubris” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “realitätsfernes, maßloses und unangemessenes Vertrauen in die Handlungen der eigenen Person”.
What does Hybris mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehubris
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. realitätsfernes, maßloses und unangemessenes Vertrauen in die Handlungen der eigenen Person
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 Hybris?
- /ˈhyːbʁɪs/
- [ˈhyːbʁɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hybris
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hybris in German?
Hybris appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).