hitzefrei
German, adjective/ˈhɪt͡səˌfʁaɪ̯/
hitzefrei is spelled H-I-T-Z-E-F-R-E-I (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hitzefrei is a German adjective meaning “excused from school because of excessively high temperatures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schul- oder arbeitsfrei wegen zu hoher Außentemperaturen”.
What does hitzefrei mean in English?
adjective
- 1
excused from school because of excessively high temperatures
Die Kinder haben hitzefrei.
adjective
- 1
heatless, free from heat
hitzefreie Lockenwickler
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schul- oder arbeitsfrei wegen zu hoher Außentemperaturen
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 hitzefrei
- hitzefreier masculine nominative singular
- hitzefreie feminine nominative singular
- hitzefreies neuter nominative singular
- hitzefreien genitive masculine singular
- hitzefreiem dative masculine singular
- der hitzefreie definite includes-article masculine
- die hitzefreie definite feminine includes-article
- das hitzefreie definite includes-article neuter
- die hitzefreien definite includes-article nominative
- des hitzefreien definite genitive includes-article
- der hitzefreien definite feminine genitive
- dem hitzefreien dative definite includes-article
- den hitzefreien dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hitzefrei?
- /ˈhɪt͡səˌfʁaɪ̯/
- [ˈhɪt͡səˌfʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hitzefrei in German?
hitzefrei appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).