Hochamt
[ˈhoːxˌʔamt]
The verdict
“Hochamt” is uncommon German (frequency #97,151 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,151
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feierliche Form der Eucharistiefeier (Missa solemnis)
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochamt · Hochamt · German
Hochamt · rank #97,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,151
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hirnhautentzü…
Nearest frequency peer: Hirnhautentzündung (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hochamt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hilfsprogra…
Hilfsprogramm
2,854 corpus weight
- Hirnhautent…
Hirnhautentzündung
2,851 corpus weight
- Hochamt
Hochamt
2,850 corpus weight
- Hochzeitsfo…
Hochzeitsfotos
2,849 corpus weight
- Hohne
Hohne
2,848 corpus weight
- holes
holes
2,847 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hochamt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hochamt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌʔamt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hochamt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hochamt is uncommon German at frequency #97,151 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌʔamt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hochamt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hochamt, spelled H-O-C-H-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1feierliche Form der Eucharistiefeier (Missa solemnis)
- 2besonders wichtiges oder herausragendes Ereignis; besonders wichtige oder herausragende Veranstaltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hochamt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Unterscheidung zwischen dem Hochamt und anderen Formen der Messfeier (Singmesse, stille Messe) spielt besonders in der Liturgie vor dem Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzil eine Rolle.
„Vielleicht erzählte ich Skral an diesem Nachmittag noch, daß meine Mutter mich jeden Sonntag zum Hochamt in die Kirche zerrte.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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