hochbetagt
German, adjective/ˈhoːχbətaːkt/
hochbetagt is spelled H-O-C-H-B-E-T-A-G-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochbetagt is a German adjective meaning “aged, elderly (very old)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein äußerst hohes (Lebens-)Alter aufweisend, sehr alt”.
What does hochbetagt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
aged, elderly (very old)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein äußerst hohes (Lebens-)Alter aufweisend, sehr alt
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 hochbetagt
- hochbetagter masculine nominative singular
- hochbetagte feminine nominative singular
- hochbetagtes neuter nominative singular
- hochbetagten genitive masculine singular
- hochbetagtem dative masculine singular
- der hochbetagte definite includes-article masculine
- die hochbetagte definite feminine includes-article
- das hochbetagte definite includes-article neuter
- die hochbetagten definite includes-article nominative
- des hochbetagten definite genitive includes-article
- der hochbetagten definite feminine genitive
- dem hochbetagten dative definite includes-article
- den hochbetagten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochbetagt?
- /ˈhoːχbətaːkt/
- [ˈhoːxbəˌtaːkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hochbetagt in German?
hochbetagt appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).