Turnhose
German, noun[ˈtʊʁnˌhoːzə]
Turnhose is spelled T-U-R-N-H-O-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turnhose is a German feminine noun meaning “gym shorts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurze Hose, die beim Sport getragen wird”.
What does Turnhose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegym shorts
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurze Hose, die beim Sport getragen wird
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 Turnhose
- Turnhosen plural
- Turnhöschen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Turnhose?
- [ˈtʊʁnˌhoːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Turnhose in German?
Turnhose appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).