Hochgefühl
[ˈhoːxɡəˌfyːl]
The verdict
“Hochgefühl” is uncommon German (frequency #95,729 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,729
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefühl großen Glücks, großer Zufriedenheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochgefuhl · Hochgefühl · German
Hochgefühl · rank #95,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,729
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH HLF
Nearest frequency peer: HLF (-3 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 „Hochgefühl“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hipper
hipper
4,277 corpus weight
- Hirnforscher
Hirnforscher
4,276 corpus weight
- HLF
HLF
4,275 corpus weight
- Hochgefühl
Hochgefühl
4,272 corpus weight
- Hollywoodst…
Hollywoodstar
4,269 corpus weight
- Holzhütte
Holzhütte
4,267 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hochgefühl“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hochgefühl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxɡəˌfyːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hochgefühl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hochgefühl is uncommon German at frequency #95,729 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxɡəˌfyːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gefühl großen Glücks, großer Zufriedenheit".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hochgefühl, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Hochgefühl, spelled H-O-C-H-G-E-F-Ü-H-L.
Definition
- 1Gefühl großen Glücks, großer Zufriedenheit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hochgefühl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Nervosität war von mir abgefallen und hatte einem Hochgefühl Platz gemacht.“
„Aber schon in das Hochgefühl der Siegesfeiern mischten sich dunkle Vorahnungen.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).