hochklettern
[ˈhoːxˌklɛtɐn]
The verdict
“hochklettern” is uncommon German (frequency #94,409 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,409
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von unten nach oben, von einem tiefer gelegenen Ort an einen höher gelegenen Ort, klettern; sich kletternd aufwärts/in die Höhe (hoch) bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochklettern · hochklettern · German
hochklettern · rank #94,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,409
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hochklassige
Nearest frequency peer: hochklassige (-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 „hochklettern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hochebenen
Hochebenen
5,594 corpus weight
- hochklassige
hochklassige
5,593 corpus weight
- hochklettern
hochklettern
5,592 corpus weight
- hochkriegen
hochkriegen
5,591 corpus weight
- hochschwang…
hochschwanger
5,590 corpus weight
- Hochzeitsgä…
Hochzeitsgäste
5,589 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hochklettern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hochklettern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌklɛtɐn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hochklettern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hochklettern is uncommon German at frequency #94,409 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌklɛtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von unten nach oben, von einem tiefer gelegenen Ort an einen höher gelegenen Ort, klettern; sich kletternd aufwärts/in die Höhe (hoch) bewegen".
No misspelling variants are generated for hochklettern in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is hochklettern, spelled H-O-C-H-K-L-E-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1von unten nach oben, von einem tiefer gelegenen Ort an einen höher gelegenen Ort, klettern; sich kletternd aufwärts/in die Höhe (hoch) bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hochklettern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im ostindischen Bundesstaat Bihar sind Verwandte von Schülern während einer Prüfung an einem Schulgebäude hochgeklettert und haben die Jugendlichen durch die Fenster mit Spickzetteln versorgt.“
„Am Seil 100 Meter in fünf Minuten hochklettern, so hatte er es sich vorgenommen.“
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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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