Hochlager
[ˈhoːxˌlaːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Hochlager” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lager in großer Höhe; vorübergehende (provisorische) Unterkunft in großer Höhe
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochlager · Hochlager · German
Hochlager · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hochlager |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌlaːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hochlager“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hochlager is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌlaːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lager in großer Höhe; vorübergehende (provisorische) Unterkunft in großer Höhe".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hochlager, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hochlager, spelled H-O-C-H-L-A-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lager in großer Höhe; vorübergehende (provisorische) Unterkunft in großer Höhe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hochlager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nachdem Wörle sich wochenlang akklimatisiert hatte, kletterte er zunächst in ein Hochlager auf 7000 Metern.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.