hochnäsig
German, adjective/ˈhoːχˌnɛːzɪç/
hochnäsig is spelled H-O-C-H-N-Ä-S-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochnäsig is a German adjective meaning “snooty, stuck-up, haughty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus einem Überlegenheitsgefühl heraus andere abschätzig behandelnd”.
What does hochnäsig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
snooty, stuck-up, haughty
- 2
supercilious, arrogant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus einem Überlegenheitsgefühl heraus andere abschätzig behandelnd
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 hochnäsig
- hochnäsiger masculine nominative singular
- am hochnäsigsten superlative
- hochnäsige feminine nominative singular
- hochnäsiges neuter nominative singular
- hochnäsigen genitive masculine singular
- hochnäsigem dative masculine singular
- der hochnäsige definite includes-article masculine
- die hochnäsige definite feminine includes-article
- das hochnäsige definite includes-article neuter
- die hochnäsigen definite includes-article nominative
- des hochnäsigen definite genitive includes-article
- der hochnäsigen definite feminine genitive
- dem hochnäsigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochnäsig?
- /ˈhoːχˌnɛːzɪç/
- /-ˌneːzɪç/
- /-ˌnɛːzɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hochnäsig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hochnäsig in German?
hochnäsig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).