Hitze
German, noun/ˈhɪt͡sə/
Hitze is spelled H-I-T-Z-E (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hitze is a German feminine noun meaning “heat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hohe, als unangenehm empfundene Wärme”.
What does Hitze mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hohe, als unangenehm empfundene Wärme 2. durch Gefühle oder Fieber hervorgerufene Wärme im Körper¹ oder in einem Körperteil 3. Zeit der Empfängnisbereitschaft weiblicher Hunde und Füchse
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 Hitze
- Hitzen plural rare
- H. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hitze?
- /ˈhɪt͡sə/
- /ˈhɪtsə/
- [ˈhɪt͡sə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hitze
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hitze in German?
Hitze appears 21 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).