Hype
German, noun/haɪ̯p/
Hype is spelled H-Y-P-E (4 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hype is a German masculine noun meaning “hype” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes Getue, übertriebene Propaganda, Riesenrummel um eine Tatsache, Sache oder Person”.
What does Hype mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehype
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes Getue, übertriebene Propaganda, Riesenrummel um eine Tatsache, Sache oder Person 2. Tatsache, Sache oder Person, um die ein großer Medienrummel herrscht
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 Hype
- Hypes genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hype?
- /haɪ̯p/
- [haɪ̯p]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hype
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hype in German?
Hype appears 6.9 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).