Hochrad
[ˈhoːxˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Hochrad” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frühe Form des Fahrrads mit kleinem Hinterrad und den Tretkurbeln am sehr großen Vorderrad
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochrad · Hochrad · German
Hochrad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Hochrad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hochrad“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hochrad is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "frühe Form des Fahrrads mit kleinem Hinterrad und den Tretkurbeln am sehr großen Vorderrad".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hochrad in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hochrad, spelled H-O-C-H-R-A-D.
Definition
- 1frühe Form des Fahrrads mit kleinem Hinterrad und den Tretkurbeln am sehr großen Vorderrad
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hochrad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das um 1880 aus der Draisine entwickelte Hochrad wurde etwa ab 1885 durch das Nieder- oder Sicherheitsrad mit zwei gleich hohen Rädern, Tretlager und Kettenübersetzung zum Hinterrad ersetzt.
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.