hochrein
German, adjective[ˈhoːxˌʁaɪ̯n]
hochrein is spelled H-O-C-H-R-E-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochrein is a German adjective meaning “high-purity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine hohe Reinheit aufweisend; frei von fast allen Fremdkörpern in einem Stoff”.
What does hochrein mean in English?
adjective
- 1
high-purity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine hohe Reinheit aufweisend; frei von fast allen Fremdkörpern in einem Stoff
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 hochrein
- hochreiner masculine nominative singular
- hochreine feminine nominative singular
- hochreines neuter nominative singular
- hochreinen genitive masculine singular
- hochreinem dative masculine singular
- der hochreine definite includes-article masculine
- die hochreine definite feminine includes-article
- das hochreine definite includes-article neuter
- die hochreinen definite includes-article nominative
- des hochreinen definite genitive includes-article
- der hochreinen definite feminine genitive
- dem hochreinen dative definite includes-article
- den hochreinen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochrein?
- [ˈhoːxˌʁaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hochrein in German?
hochrein appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).