gehoben
German, adjective/ɡəˈhoːbən/
gehoben is spelled G-E-H-O-B-E-N (7 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gehoben is a German adjective meaning “formal, elevated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of heben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “höhergestellt (beruflich, sozial)”.
What does gehoben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
formal, elevated
- 2
lofty
- 3
upscale
verb
- 1
past participle of heben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. höhergestellt (beruflich, sozial) 2. vornehm, gewählt (sprachlich, stilistisch) 3. in feierlicher, guter Stimmung 4. anspruchsvoll bei Bedarfsgütern
verb: 1. Partizip Perfekt des Verbs heben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gehoben
- gehobener masculine nominative singular
- am gehobensten superlative
- gehobene feminine nominative singular
- gehobenes neuter nominative singular
- gehobenen genitive masculine singular
- gehobenem dative masculine singular
- der gehobene definite includes-article masculine
- die gehobene definite feminine includes-article
- das gehobene definite includes-article neuter
- die gehobenen definite includes-article nominative
- des gehobenen definite genitive includes-article
- der gehobenen definite feminine genitive
- dem gehobenen dative definite includes-article
- geh. abbreviation
- gehobner comparative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gehoben?
- /ɡəˈhoːbən/
- [ɡəˈhoːbən]
- Germany [ɡəˈhoːbm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gehoben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gehoben in German?
gehoben appears 4.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).