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Highlight

German, noun/ˈhaɪ̯laɪ̯t/

Highlight is spelled H-I-G-H-L-I-G-H-T (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Highlight is a German neuter noun meaning “climax, culmination, highlight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wichtiges, besonderes Ereignis/Detail”.

What does Highlight mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    informalneuterclimax, culmination, highlight

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. wichtiges, besonderes Ereignis/Detail

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 Highlight

  • Highlights genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Highlight?

  • /ˈhaɪ̯laɪ̯t/
  • [ˈhaɪ̯laɪ̯t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Highlight

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Highlight in German?

Highlight appears 10 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).

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