hochschätzen
German, verb[ˈhoːxˌʃɛt͡sn̩]
hochschätzen is spelled H-O-C-H-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochschätzen is a German verb meaning “to highly appreciate, to esteem (consider admirable or highly valuable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als sehr wertvoll erachten”.
What does hochschätzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to highly appreciate, to esteem (consider admirable or highly valuable)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als sehr wertvoll erachten
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 hochschätzen
- schätzt hoch present singular third-person
- schätzte hoch past
- hochgeschätzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hochschätzend participle present
- hochzuschätzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schätze hoch first-person indicative present
- schätzen hoch first-person indicative plural
- schätzest hoch second-person singular subjunctive
- schätzet hoch plural second-person subjunctive
- schätzten hoch first-person indicative plural
- schätztest hoch indicative preterite second-person
- schätztet hoch indicative plural preterite
- hoch schätzen alternative
- schätz hoch! imperative singular
- schätze hoch! imperative singular
- schätzt hoch! imperative plural
- hochgeschätzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hochschätzen?
- [ˈhoːxˌʃɛt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hochschätzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hochschätzen in German?
hochschätzen appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).