Hohenzollern Syllabification: (Ho·hen·zol·lern)Pronunciation: /ˈhōənˌzälərn/Definition of Hohenzollern a German dynastic family from which came the kings of Prussia from 1701 to 1918 and German emperors from 1871 to 1918. Hohenzollern in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Hohenzollern in the British & World English dictionary