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hochschrauben

German, verb/ˈhoːxˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩/

hochschrauben is spelled H-O-C-H-S-C-H-R-A-U-B-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochschrauben is a German verb meaning “to raise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anheben, auf ein höheres Niveau bringen”.

What does hochschrauben mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to raise

    hochgeschraubte Erwartungen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. anheben, auf ein höheres Niveau bringen 2. (mit Hilfe eines Schraubmechanismus) nach oben bewegen 3. (in Kurven fliegend) an Höhe gewinnen

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 hochschrauben

  • schraubt hoch present singular third-person
  • schraubte hoch past
  • hochgeschraubt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • hochschraubend participle present
  • hochzuschrauben infinitive infinitive-zu
  • schraube hoch first-person indicative present
  • schrauben hoch first-person indicative plural
  • schraubst hoch indicative present second-person
  • schraubest hoch second-person singular subjunctive
  • schraubet hoch plural second-person subjunctive
  • schraubten hoch first-person indicative plural
  • schraubtest hoch indicative preterite second-person
  • schraubtet hoch indicative plural preterite
  • schraub hoch! imperative singular
  • schraube hoch! imperative singular
  • schraubt hoch! imperative plural
  • hochgeschraubt haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hochschrauben?

  • /ˈhoːxˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩/
  • [ˈhoːxˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]
  • [ˈhoːxˌʃʁaʊ̯bm̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is hochschrauben in German?

hochschrauben appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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