hochheilig
German, adjective/hoːxˈhaɪ̯lɪç/
hochheilig is spelled H-O-C-H-H-E-I-L-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochheilig is a German adjective meaning “very holy, sacrosanct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr heilig”.
What does hochheilig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
very holy, sacrosanct
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr heilig
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 hochheilig
- hochheiliger masculine nominative singular
- am hochheiligsten superlative
- hochheilige feminine nominative singular
- hochheiliges neuter nominative singular
- hochheiligen genitive masculine singular
- hochheiligem dative masculine singular
- der hochheilige definite includes-article masculine
- die hochheilige definite feminine includes-article
- das hochheilige definite includes-article neuter
- die hochheiligen definite includes-article nominative
- des hochheiligen definite genitive includes-article
- der hochheiligen definite feminine genitive
- dem hochheiligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochheilig?
- /hoːxˈhaɪ̯lɪç/
- [hoːxˈhaɪ̯lɪç]
- [hoːxˈhaɪ̯lɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hochheilig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hochheilig in German?
hochheilig appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).