heftigste

[ˈhɛftɪçstə]

/[ˈhɛftɪçstə]/ adj

The verdict

“heftigste” is uncommon German (frequency #52,150 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,150
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig

Corpus desk

Index DE-heftigste · heftigste · German

heftigste · rank #52,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,150
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hebung

Nearest frequency peer: Hebung (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „heftigste“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heftigste“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heftigste
PropertyValue
Headwordheftigste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhɛftɪçstə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,150
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „heftigste“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.heftigstefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hebung“ (#52,149), „Heimatländer“ (#52,151), „hermetisch“ (#52,152). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „heftigste“ bei #52,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heftigste is uncommon German at frequency #52,150 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɛftɪçstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for heftigste in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is heftigste, spelled H-E-F-T-I-G-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heftigste"?
"heftigste" is spelled H-E-F-T-I-G-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛftɪçstə].
What does "heftigste" mean?
As an adjective, "heftigste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs heftig
How do you pronounce "heftigste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heftigste" is [ˈhɛftɪçstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heftigste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list