Hitsche
[ˈhɪt͡ʃə]
The verdict
“Hitsche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine, niedrige Bank (vor allem zur Stütze der Füße und zum Besteigen, damit höher befindliche Gegenstände erreicht werden können)
Corpus desk
Index DE-hitsche · Hitsche · German
Hitsche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Hitsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɪt͡ʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hitsche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hitsche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪt͡ʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hitsche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hitsche, spelled H-I-T-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1kleine, niedrige Bank (vor allem zur Stütze der Füße und zum Besteigen, damit höher befindliche Gegenstände erreicht werden können)
- 2Katheder
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hitsche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um auf dem oberen Bilderrahmen Staub zu wischen, solltest du besser auf eine Hitsche steigen.
Für Herrn Oberstudienrat Lemke musste immer extra eine Hitsche herbeigeschafft werden.
Synonyms
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.