Word origins

• hexenmeisterA practitioner of braucherei.
• HierholzerA surname from German.
• HierlA surname from German.
• HiesterA surname from German.
• HilgenbergA surname from German.
• HillenmeyerA surname from German.
• HillesheimA surname from German.
• HilmesA surname from German.
• HimmelsbriefA type of early chain letter alleged to have been written by God (and fallen from the sky), typically offering divine protection to its bearer.
• HinnenkampA surname from German.
• HinnersA surname from German.
• HinschA surname from German.
• HintermeierA surname from German.
• historismAn influential 19th-century school of thought in historiography that rejected universalist and anachronistic explanations of historical developments and instead emphasized the idiosyncrasies and organic developments of each culture and time period, to be understood through critical interpretation of primary sources in the context of the unique conditions that produced them.
• HiwiA member of a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the South American flatlands.
• HoblA surname from German.
• HochheimerA wine from Hochheim am Main, Germany.
• HochkirchA municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
• HochmeisterA Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
• hochwohlgeborenHigh-born; aristocratic, of noble birth.
• HoeffnerA surname from German.
• HoelzelA surname from German.
• HoeperA surname from German.
• HoffarthA surname from German.
• HoffenbergA surname from German.
• HoffenheimA village, part of the municipality of Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• HofflerA surname from German.
• HofschildA surname from German.
• HohenbergerA surname from German.
• HohlerA surname from German.
• hohlraumA cavity whose walls are in thermodynamic equilibrium with the radiation emitted by the cavity
• HolderbaumA surname from German.
• HoldorfA surname from German.
• HollinderA surname from German.
• holocoenAn ecosystem in Friederichs' theory of nature.
• holosaprophyteAn organism which is purely a saprophyte.
• HolsteA surname from German.
• HoltropA surname.
• HolzhausenA surname from German
• HolzhauserA surname from German, variant of Holshouser
• HomeyerA surname from German.
• hominismAn entirely human world-view, with no elements that do not reflect human senses and experience, especially with the belief that this is all human beings are capable of.
• HornbacherA surname from German.
• hornbastA tissue of obliterated groups of sieve tubes, especially thickened and of horny texture.
• hornfelsAny of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.
• hornussenA Swiss sport in which a rubber ball is hit from a tee with a flexible stick onto a patch of turf, while the opposing team uses large paddles to prevent it from landing on the patch.
• HosangA surname from German.
• HossenfelderA surname from German
• HottensteinA surname from German.
• house frauA housewife.
• HovermaleA surname from German.
• HübschmannA surname from German.
• huchenHucho hucho, a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes.
• HuefferA surname from German.
• HuettlA surname from German.
• hügelkulturA type of permaculture in which the composting involves raised planting beds constructed on top of decaying wood debris (such as logs, tree limbs, and stumps) and other compostable biomass plant materials.
• HügellandA type of landscape consisting of low rolling hills whose topography or surface structure lies between that of a lowland region (plains or river terraces) and that of a more hill range or low mountain range.
• HultzA surname from German.
• HunekeA surname from German.
• HunsrückA low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• HusterA surname from German.
• HutzelA surname from German.
• HuweA surname from German.
• Ich dienThe motto on the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales.
• ich-lautthe voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German)
• idioticonA dictionary of a specific dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country.
• IlgenfritzA surname from German.
• ImmelmannSynonym of Immelman; A surname.
• ImmergutA surname from German.
• includenceThe withdrawal of a person within a routine that they cannot escape, a forerunner of pathological melancholia.
• inlautany sound in a word or syllable but the first and the last one
• inselbergA monadnock (isolated mountain).
• ipsissimositySelf-referentiality.
• IrlbeckA surname from German.
• isodapaneAn isoline joining points on a map with the same total transport costs.
• isopiptesisAn isoline that joins points on a map where the individuals of a particular migratory species arrive at the same time each year.
• isorhythmA technique that arranges a fixed pattern of pitches with a repeating rhythmic pattern, used in some medieval motets and in more recent works.
• isotimAn isoline joining points on a map with the same transport costs for a particular product.
• JagdterrierA type of working terrier, originating in Germany, that is used for hunting quarry both above and underground.
• JägermeisterA serving of Jägermeister.
• JoachimsthalerA large silver coin of the 16th century in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, today Czech Republic.
• Jod-Basedow phenomenonhyperthyroidism following administration of iodine or iodide
• JoergerA surname from German.
• JohannisbergerA fine white wine, using Riesling grapes, produced on the estate of Castle Johannisberg, Germany, on the north bank of the river Rhine.
• JonigkeitA surname from German.
• JudenhetzeJew-baiting (the harassment, vilification or provocation of Jews, or incitement against them, for anti-Semitic reasons)
• judenrein"Clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed).
• JudensternA yellow badge forced upon ordinary Jews (and many legally ‘Jewish’ people) in Western Axis states.
• JuengerA surname from German.
• JurgensmeyerA surname from German.
• KachelA surname from German.
• kachelofenA German type of ceramic tile stove or cocklestove which captures heat from periodic burning of fuel such as wood and radiates it over a long period to heat a living space.
• kaesespaetzleA German form of macaroni and cheese
• kaffeeklatschA coffee klatch.
• KahlenbergerdorfA neighborhood of Vienna, Austria.
• kahmYeast which tends to form on fermented foods, such as sauerkraut.
• KahnwaldA surname from German.
• kainiteAn evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, found in German salt mines.
• kaiserlichpertaining to the Kaiser
• kaiserschmarrnAn Austrian dessert; a sweetened light shredded pancake filled with cream or fruit sauce, jam, and compote, and powdered with sugar.