Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hotaling

/hˈɑtəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: ho-tal-ing
IPA: /hˈɑtəlɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Dutch.

Etymology

Americanized spelling of Dutch Hoogteijling, an occupational surname for a productive farmer, from hoog (“high”) + teling (“cultivation, breeding”).

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: Hoogteijling

Inflected Forms

Hotalings (plural)

Rhymes With

bottling throttling mottling

Questions

How do you pronounce hotaling?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɑtəlɪŋ/.
What does hotaling mean?: A surname from Dutch.
Where does hotaling come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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