ad hoc
[at ˈhɔk]
The verdict
“ad hoc” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Vorbereitung, speziell für einen Zweck oder spontan aus einer Situation heraus entstanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-ad-hoc · ad hoc · German
ad hoc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ad hoc |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [at ˈhɔk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ad hoc“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ad hoc is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [at ˈhɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Vorbereitung, speziell für einen Zweck oder spontan aus einer Situation heraus entstanden".
ad hoc has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ad hoc, spelled A-D- -H-O-C.
Definition
- 1ohne Vorbereitung, speziell für einen Zweck oder spontan aus einer Situation heraus entstanden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ad hoc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir haben natürlich auch noch mehr tolle Sachen gemacht – die fallen mir aber ad hoc nicht ein.
Keiner war vorbereitet, die Krise trat ad hoc auf.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.