d. h.
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The verdict
“d. h.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das heißt
Corpus desk
Index DE-d-h · d. h. · German
d. h. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | d. h. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „d. h.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
d. h. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das heißt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for d. h., a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is d. h., spelled D-.- -H-..
Definition
- 1das heißt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how d. h. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Link, d. h. Verbindung
„Die in der Septuaginta enthaltenen, aber von der jüdischen Gemeinde in den Kanon nicht aufgenommenen Schriften bezeichnet man als Apokryphen, d. h. als verborgene, von der öffentlichen Verbreitung ausgeschlossene Schriften.“
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.