Höchstalter
[ˈhøːçstˌʔaltɐ]
The verdict
“Höchstalter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höchstes (mögliches) Alter
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochstalter · Höchstalter · German
Höchstalter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Höchstalter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhøːçstˌʔaltɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Höchstalter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Höchstalter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhøːçstˌʔaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "höchstes (mögliches) Alter".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Höchstalter, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Höchstalter, spelled H-Ö-C-H-S-T-A-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1höchstes (mögliches) Alter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Höchstalter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Durch das bestehende Höchstalter für die Zulassung zum Unterrichtspraktikum von 45 Jahren treten immer wieder Härtefälle (vor allem durch Kindererziehungszeiten bedingt) auf, in denen Absolventinnen und Absolventen von Lehramtsstudien den Lehrberuf nicht ausüben können.“
„Das Höchstalter für die Eingangsprüfung wurde auf 19 Jahre festgesetzt, auch wurden die Prüfungen nur in Großbritannien abgehalten.“
Antonyms
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.