hoch

German, adjective

hoch is spelled H-O-C-H (4 letters) and appears 191 times per million words in written German, the 453rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoch is a German adjective meaning “high, tall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hoch is a different word: “high, anticyclone”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weit oben befindlich”.

What does hoch mean in English?

adjective

1
high, tall
2
high, great, immense
3
grand, important
4
colloquialhard to comprehend, confusing
Dieses Rätsel ist mir zu hoch.

adverb

1
up, upwards
2
colloquialnorthwards
Wir fahren hoch an die Küste.
3
to the power of
fünf hoch vier

noun

as Hoch

1
neuterhigh, anticyclone

prefix

as hoch-

1
A prefix, equivalent high or up

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. weit oben befindlich 2. groß in der Ausdehnung nach oben; eine bestimmte Höhe aufweisend 3. akustische Wahrnehmung: mit großer Schwingungszahl 4. vornehm, im Rang weit oben stehend

adverb: 1. sehr, äußerst

noun: 1. kurz für Hochdruckgebiet 2. Höhepunkt einer Entwicklung 3. Kurzform von Lebehoch

prefix: 1. in hohem Maße, sehr 2. nach oben, auf ein höheres Niveau 3. den Höhepunkt, die Hochphase betreffend

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 hoch

hoher masculine nominative singular
höher comparative
am höchsten superlative
hohe feminine nominative singular
hohes neuter nominative singular
hohen genitive masculine singular
hohem dative masculine singular
der hohe definite includes-article masculine
die hohe definite feminine includes-article
das hohe definite includes-article neuter
die hohen definite includes-article nominative
des hohen definite genitive includes-article
der hohen definite feminine genitive
dem hohen dative definite includes-article
Hochs nominative plural

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

English words that translate to hoch

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

How common is hoch in German?

hoch appears 191 times per million words in written German.

hoch0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Germanmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).