höchst
German, adverb/høːçst/
höchst is spelled H-Ö-C-H-S-T (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Höchst is a German adverb meaning “highly, extremely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a superlative degree of hoch: highest. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in größtem Maße”.
What does höchst mean in English?
adverb
- 1
superlative degree of hoch: highest
- 2
highly, extremely
adjective
- 1
superlative degree of hoch: highest
höchste Zeit
prefix
- 1
highest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. in größtem Maße
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce höchst?
- /høːçst/
- [høːkst]
- [høːçst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to höchst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is höchst in German?
höchst appears 18 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).