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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hogben

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
hog-ben
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Middle English.

Etymology

From Middle English huckbone (“hip bone”), a nickname for someone with a deformed hip who probably walked crookedly.Alternatively, a Viking name based on the norse for "high village" ie "hogbyn", which is the earliest recorded spelling of the name. Interestingly, there is a village in Kent called Hogben's Hill".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Hogbens (plural)

Questions

What does hogben mean?
A surname from Middle English.
Where does hogben come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hogben

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