Stubenhocker
German, noun/ˈʃtuːbn̩ˌhɔkɐ/
Stubenhocker is spelled S-T-U-B-E-N-H-O-C-K-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stubenhocker is a German masculine noun meaning “couch potato, homebody, stay at home (a person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die sich vom sozialen Leben abkapselt bzw. ihr soziales Umfeld auf einen minimalen Raum beschränkt…”.
What does Stubenhocker mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinecouch potato, homebody, stay at home (a person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die sich vom sozialen Leben abkapselt bzw. ihr soziales Umfeld auf einen minimalen Raum beschränkt; Person, die ihre Stube nicht verlassen und ihre Ruhe haben will
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 Stubenhocker
- Stubenhockers genitive
- Stubenhockerin feminine
- Stubenhockern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stubenhocker?
- /ˈʃtuːbn̩ˌhɔkɐ/
- [ˈʃtuːbn̩ˌhɔkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Stubenhocker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stubenhocker in German?
Stubenhocker appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).