das heißt

[das ˈhaɪ̯st]

/[das ˈhaɪ̯st]/ phrase

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The verdict

“das heißt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - das bedeutet

Corpus desk

Index DE-das-hei-t · das heißt · German

das heißt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for das heißt
PropertyValue
Headworddas heißt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[das ˈhaɪ̯st]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “das heißt” sits in German frequency

das heißt falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

das heißt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [das ˈhaɪ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das bedeutet".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for das heißt, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is das heißt, spelled D-A-S- -H-E-I-S-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    das bedeutet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how das heißt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das System ist durchlässig, das heißt, nach einem erworbenen Abschluss kann man weitermachen und den nächsthöheren erwerben.“

This word in other languages

i.e.(English)c'est-à-dire(Français)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "das heißt"?
"das heißt" is spelled D-A-S- -H-E-I-SS-T. The IPA pronunciation is [das ˈhaɪ̯st].
What does "das heißt" mean?
As a phrase, "das heißt" means: das bedeutet
How do you pronounce "das heißt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "das heißt" is [das ˈhaɪ̯st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "das heißt" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list