hitzebeständig
German, adjective[ˈhɪt͡səbəˌʃtɛndɪç]
hitzebeständig is spelled H-I-T-Z-E-B-E-S-T-Ä-N-D-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hitzebeständig is a German adjective meaning “refractory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegenüber der Einwirkung sehr hoher Temperaturen unempfindlich, widerstandsfähig sein”.
What does hitzebeständig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
refractory
- 2
heat-resistant
- 3
fireproof
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gegenüber der Einwirkung sehr hoher Temperaturen unempfindlich, widerstandsfähig sein
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 hitzebeständig
- hitzebeständiger masculine nominative singular
- am hitzebeständigsten superlative
- hitzebeständige feminine nominative singular
- hitzebeständiges neuter nominative singular
- hitzebeständigen genitive masculine singular
- hitzebeständigem dative masculine singular
- der hitzebeständige definite includes-article masculine
- die hitzebeständige definite feminine includes-article
- das hitzebeständige definite includes-article neuter
- die hitzebeständigen definite includes-article nominative
- des hitzebeständigen definite genitive includes-article
- der hitzebeständigen definite feminine genitive
- dem hitzebeständigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hitzebeständig?
- [ˈhɪt͡səbəˌʃtɛndɪç]
- [ˈhɪt͡səbəˌʃtɛndɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hitzebeständig in German?
hitzebeständig appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).