hochsprachlich
[ˈhoːxˌʃpʁaːxlɪç]
The verdict
“hochsprachlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur verbindlichen Sprachform, die über lokalen Dialekten und Varietäten steht (Hochsprache), gehörend; in der Hochsprache
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochsprachlich · hochsprachlich · German
hochsprachlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | hochsprachlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌʃpʁaːxlɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hochsprachlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hochsprachlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌʃpʁaːxlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur verbindlichen Sprachform, die über lokalen Dialekten und Varietäten steht (Hochsprache), gehörend; in der Hochsprache".
hochsprachlich has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hochsprachlich, spelled H-O-C-H-S-P-R-A-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1zur verbindlichen Sprachform, die über lokalen Dialekten und Varietäten steht (Hochsprache), gehörend; in der Hochsprache
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hochsprachlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Wortatlaskarte ›oft‹ zeigt Ballungsflächen mit ›manchmal‹ und anderswo mit ›immer‹, was in beiden Fällen hochsprachlich und gewiß auch in der jenen beiden räumlich entsprechenden Umgangssprache[…] falsch ist.“
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.