hochdrehen
German, verb
hochdrehen is spelled H-O-C-H-D-R-E-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochdrehen is a German verb meaning “to turn (sth) upward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hochdrehen is a different word: “gerund of hochdrehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mittels eines Drehmechanismus) nach oben bewegen”.
What does hochdrehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn (sth) upward
die Heizung hochdrehen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of hochdrehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mittels eines Drehmechanismus) nach oben bewegen 2. (mittels eines Drehknopfes) auf ein höheres Niveau einstellen 3. erhöhen
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 hochdrehen
- dreht hoch present singular third-person
- drehte hoch past
- hochgedreht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hochdrehend participle present
- hochzudrehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- drehe hoch first-person indicative present
- drehen hoch first-person indicative plural
- drehst hoch indicative present second-person
- drehest hoch second-person singular subjunctive
- drehet hoch plural second-person subjunctive
- drehten hoch first-person indicative plural
- drehtest hoch indicative preterite second-person
- drehtet hoch indicative plural preterite
- dreh hoch! imperative singular
- drehe hoch! imperative singular
- dreht hoch! imperative plural
- hochgedreht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hochdrehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hochdrehen in German?
hochdrehen appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).