Word origins

• HagemeierA surname from German.
• hair-saltA habit of epsomite which occurs as silky, hair-like fibers.
• hakenkreuzThe swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
• Halbach arrayAn arrangement of permanent magnets that augments the magnetic field on one side of the array while cancelling the field to near zero on the other side.
• HaldenwangA surname from German.
• HalfmannA surname from German.
• half noteA musical note that is two beats long, which is half the length of a semibreve and equal in length to two crotchets; a minim.
• HalligAny of a group of German North Sea islands without protective dykes.
• HanbackA surname from German.
• handfastA hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
• handlangerAn unskilled assistant to an artisan.
• hangerockA dress or apron, often wider at the bottom than at the top, held up by straps passing from the back to the front over the shoulders, common in the Viking era and at other times and typically worn over another, longer dress.
• hang gliderAn unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.
• HannekenA surname from German.
• Hanseatic cityA member city of the Hanseatic League.
• HanswurstA clownlike character popular in German and Austrian plays during the 18th century.
• HantzA surname from German.
• HardebeckA surname from German.
• HardingerA surname from German.
• HarlacherA surname from German.
• HarmeningA surname from German.
• HarpelA surname from German.
• HarsefeldA municipality in the Samtgemeinde (collective municipality) of the same name, situated approximately 35 km (21¾ mi.) south-west of Hamburg in Stade district, Lower Saxony, northern Germany.
• HartsoughA surname from German.
• HaselhorstA surname from German.
• hasenpfefferA traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare, cut into pieces and braised with onions and wine in a marinade thickened with the animal's blood.
• HashmanA surname from German.
• HassmanA surname from German.
• HattabaughA surname from German.
• HauerlandA historical region in what is now central Slovakia, formerly inhabited by Carpathian Germans.
• HaufschildA surname from German.
• HauptvermutungThe conjecture, now proven false, that any two triangulations of a triangulable space have a common refinement, a single triangulation that is a subdivision of both of them.
• HauswaldA surname from German.
• hawsomsturgeon
• hazelhenA hazel grouse.
• health fundA not-for-profit or a public health insurance company, usually found in health care systems in Central Europe, such as Germany.
• HebenstreitA surname from German.
• HebererA surname from German.
• heckelphoneA musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
• HedtkeA surname from German.
• HeegA surname.
• HehrA surname from German.
• HeichelA surname from German.
• HeickA surname from German.
• HeideckerA surname from German.
• Heil HitlerUsed as a reference to Hitler and Nazism; depending on context it can imply support for Nazi ideas or it can imply that the person one is talking to resembles a Nazi.
• HeiligenbergA municipality of Grieskirchen district, Upper Austria, Austria.
• heiligenscheinAn optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics (as with dewy grass).
• HeiligenstedtenerkampA municipality of Steinburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
• HeiligerA surname from German.
• heilsgeschichteHistory seen as the work of God's salvation. (Especially, in Christianity, the history of the Old Testament, seen as a preparation for the coming of Christ.)
• HeimwehHomesickness.
• HeinbaughA surname from German.
• HeineckA surname from German.
• HeinzmanA surname from German.
• HeisermanA surname from German.
• HeisnerA surname from German.
• heldentenorA singer with a deep, strong voice that spans the range between baritone and tenor
• HeldermanA surname from German.
• HelgetA surname from German.
• Hellschen-Heringsand-UnterschaarA municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
• HelmbrechtA surname from German.
• HelmesA surname from German.
• HeltsleyA surname from German.
• HenkelmanA surname from German.
• HennekeA surname from German.
• henotheismBelief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.
• heortologyThe study of religious festivals.
• HeppeA surname from German.
• HerbartA surname from German, notably borne by the German philosopher and educator Johann Friedrich Herbart.
• HerethA surname from German.
• HergesheimerA surname from German.
• HerisauA municipality, a town, a de facto capital of Appenzell Outer Rhodes canton, Switzerland.
• herlingThe young of the sea trout or similar trout, once thought to be a separate species.
• HernerA surname from German.
• herrenvolkA master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
• HerrigA surname from German.
• HerrnhuterA member of the Moravian Church.
• HertensteinA surname from German.
• HertleinA surname from German.
• HerwarthA surname.
• HerzelA surname from German.
• hexenbesenA malformation on the branches of cocoa and other trees.
• hexenmeisterA practitioner of braucherei.
• HeyligerA surname from German.
• HibshmanA surname from German.
• HierholzerA surname from German.
• HierlA surname from German.
• HiesterA surname from German.
• High AlemannicRelating to the High Alemannic dialects.
• higher criticismSynonym of historical criticism (“study of received texts, especially the Bible, as historical sources”).
• High GermanA native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
• High PrussianThe East Central German dialect formerly spoken in much of East Prussia.
• HilgenbergA surname from German.
• HilgertA surname from German.
• HillenmeyerA surname from German.
• HillesheimA surname from German.
• HilmesA surname from German.
• HimebaughA 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.