Hoffnung
\ˈhɔfnʊŋ\
The verdict
“Hoffnung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espoir, espérance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hoffnung · Hoffnung · French
Hoffnung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hoffnung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɔfnʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Hoffnung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhɔfnʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Hoffnung has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Hoffnung, spelled H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Espoir, espérance.
- 2Personne ou chose sur laquelle on fonde son espérance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hoffnung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Echo-Geräte werden seit Jahren extrem günstig verkauft, die Hoffnung auf Einnahmen durch Shopping stellt sich als grobe Fehlkalkulation heraus.
Es stand schlimm um den Kommissär. Zweimal schon hatte sein Chef, der Untersuchungsrichter Lutz, sich mit dessen Tod abgefunden, und zweimal durfte er neue Hoffnung schöpfen (...)
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.