hochachtungsvoll

/[ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl]/ adj

Letters

16 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,347

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

hochachtungsvoll is anGermanadj. It means: höfliche, sehr förmliche Schlussfloskel, vor allem in amtlichen Schreiben Pronounced [ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl].

Key facts for hochachtungsvoll
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Headwordhochachtungsvoll
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl]
Letters16
Frequency rank#65,347
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hochachtungsvoll in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for hochachtungsvoll is 16 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,347 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for hochachtungsvoll in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is hochachtungsvoll, spelled H-O-C-H-A-C-H-T-U-N-G-S-V-O-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    höfliche, sehr förmliche Schlussfloskel, vor allem in amtlichen Schreiben
  2. 2
    voller Bewunderung, voller Hochachtung

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #65,347 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hochachtungsvoll"?
"hochachtungsvoll" is spelled H-O-C-H-A-C-H-T-U-N-G-S-V-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl].
What does "hochachtungsvoll" mean?
As an adj, "hochachtungsvoll" means: höfliche, sehr förmliche Schlussfloskel, vor allem in amtlichen Schreiben
How do you pronounce "hochachtungsvoll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hochachtungsvoll" is [ˈhoːxʔaxtʊŋsˌfɔl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hochachtungsvoll" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.