hydrophob
German, adjective/ˌhydʁoˈfoːp/
hydrophob is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-O-B (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hydrophob is a German adjective meaning “hydrophobic (lacking an affinity for water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wasser oder Feuchtigkeit abstoßend; nicht in Wasser löslich”.
What does hydrophob mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hydrophobic (lacking an affinity for water)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Wasser oder Feuchtigkeit abstoßend; nicht in Wasser löslich 2. feuchte Lebensräume meidend
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 hydrophob
- hydrophober masculine nominative singular
- am hydrophobsten superlative
- hydrophobe feminine nominative singular
- hydrophobes neuter nominative singular
- hydrophoben genitive masculine singular
- hydrophobem dative masculine singular
- der hydrophobe definite includes-article masculine
- die hydrophobe definite feminine includes-article
- das hydrophobe definite includes-article neuter
- die hydrophoben definite includes-article nominative
- des hydrophoben definite genitive includes-article
- der hydrophoben definite feminine genitive
- dem hydrophoben dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hydrophob?
- /ˌhydʁoˈfoːp/
- [hydʁoˈfoːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hydrophob
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hydrophob in German?
hydrophob appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).