Heißwasser
[ˈhaɪ̯sˌvasɐ]
The verdict
“Heißwasser” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasser hoher Temperatur
Corpus desk
Index DE-hei-wasser · Heißwasser · German
Heißwasser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Heißwasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯sˌvasɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heißwasser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heißwasser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯sˌvasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasser hoher Temperatur".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Heißwasser, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Heißwasser, spelled H-E-I-S-S-W-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Wasser hoher Temperatur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heißwasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„89 Prozent aller isländischen Wohnungen werden mit Heißwasser aus dem Untergrund beheizt, sogar viele Straßen und Bürgersteige mit Erdwärmeheizung im Winter schnee- und eisfrei gehalten.“
„Nach Reykjavík führt […] eine mehrere zehn Kilometer lange Pipeline mit Heißwasser, das in den Bergen mit ca. 88 °C startet und mit 86 °C in der Stadt ankommt.“
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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.