heiß
German, adjective/haɪ̯s/
heiß is spelled H-E-I-SS (4 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heiß is a German adjective meaning “hot (having a high temperature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von sehr hoher Temperatur, wärmer als warm”.
What does heiß mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hot (having a high temperature)
- 2
hot; horny (sexually aroused)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Ausruf der Freude, Begeisterung oder Verwunderung 2. Ausruf zur Begrüßung (vergleiche hi)
adjective: 1. von sehr hoher Temperatur, wärmer als warm 2. in aufregender/entscheidender Phase befindlich 3. sexuell aufreizend oder erregt; geil 4. paarungsbereit (bei Tieren, keine Steigerung)
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 heiß
- heißer masculine nominative singular
- am heißesten superlative
- heiße feminine nominative singular
- heißes neuter nominative singular
- heißen genitive masculine singular
- heißem dative masculine singular
- der heiße definite includes-article masculine
- die heiße definite feminine includes-article
- das heiße definite includes-article neuter
- die heißen definite includes-article nominative
- des heißen definite genitive includes-article
- der heißen definite feminine genitive
- dem heißen dative definite includes-article
- heiss alternative Switzerland Liechtenstein
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heiß?
- /haɪ̯s/
- [haɪ̯]
- [haɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heiß
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heiß in German?
heiß appears 3.6 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).