Hochsprache
[ˈhoːxˌʃpʁaːxə]
The verdict
“Hochsprache” is uncommon German (frequency #90,435 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,435
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verbindliche Form der geschriebenen und gesprochenen Sprache, die auch als Maßstab für den Schulunterricht gilt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochsprache · Hochsprache · German
Hochsprache · rank #90,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,435
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hochinteressa…
Nearest frequency peer: hochinteressante (-2 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hochsprache“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hobbygärtner
Hobbygärtner
9,570 corpus weight
- hochgenommen
hochgenommen
9,569 corpus weight
- hochinteres…
hochinteressante
9,568 corpus weight
- Hochsprache
Hochsprache
9,566 corpus weight
- Hofnarren
Hofnarren
9,564 corpus weight
- Hoorn
Hoorn
9,562 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hochsprache“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hochsprache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌʃpʁaːxə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hochsprache“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hochsprache is uncommon German at frequency #90,435 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌʃpʁaːxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hochsprache, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Hochsprache, spelled H-O-C-H-S-P-R-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1verbindliche Form der geschriebenen und gesprochenen Sprache, die auch als Maßstab für den Schulunterricht gilt
- 2compilierbare Programmiersprache, die nicht speziell für eine Hardware konzipiert ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hochsprache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Terminus »Standardsprache« beginnt den Terminus Hochsprache heute abzulösen, ohne dass man behaupten könnte, er sei glücklicher gewählt.“
„Die Hochsprache hat die größere kommunikative Reichweite, nicht nur geografisch, sondern auch von der Zahl der Situationen her, in denen sie, ohne dass gesellschaftliche Sanktionen drohen, angewandt werden kann.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).