hochkochen
German, verb[ˈhoːxˌkɔxn̩]
hochkochen is spelled H-O-C-H-K-O-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochkochen is a German verb meaning “to run high, to boil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ansteigen, zusehends gefährlicher werden”.
What does hochkochen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to run high, to boil
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ansteigen, zusehends gefährlicher werden
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 hochkochen
- kocht hoch present singular third-person
- kochte hoch past
- hochgekocht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hochkochend participle present
- hochzukochen infinitive infinitive-zu
- koche hoch first-person indicative present
- kochen hoch first-person indicative plural
- kochst hoch indicative present second-person
- kochest hoch second-person singular subjunctive
- kochet hoch plural second-person subjunctive
- kochten hoch first-person indicative plural
- kochtest hoch indicative preterite second-person
- kochtet hoch indicative plural preterite
- koch hoch! imperative singular
- koche hoch! imperative singular
- kocht hoch! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochkochen?
- [ˈhoːxˌkɔxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hochkochen in German?
hochkochen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).