höchstselbst
[høːçstˈzɛlpst]
The verdict
“höchstselbst” is uncommon German (frequency #89,091 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a particle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,091
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (entgegen der Erwartung) in eigener Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochstselbst · höchstselbst · German
höchstselbst · rank #89,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,091
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hängten
Nearest frequency peer: hängten (-1 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 „höchstselbst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hufschmied
Hufschmied
10,915 corpus weight
- huschte
huschte
10,913 corpus weight
- hängten
hängten
10,911 corpus weight
- höchstselbst
höchstselbst
10,910 corpus weight
- hörbare
hörbare
10,909 corpus weight
- idealisierte
idealisierte
10,905 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „höchstselbst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | höchstselbst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | [høːçstˈzɛlpst] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „höchstselbst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
höchstselbst is uncommon German at frequency #89,091 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as aparticle, transcribed [høːçstˈzɛlpst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(entgegen der Erwartung) in eigener Person".
Zero misspellings are on record for höchstselbst in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is höchstselbst, spelled H-Ö-C-H-S-T-S-E-L-B-S-T.
Definition
- 1(entgegen der Erwartung) in eigener Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how höchstselbst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Höchstselbst löste er die Splitter aus dem Rahmen, höchstselbst, daß die Frauen nichts merkten, holte er Handfeger und Schippe, höchstselbst fegte er das Glas zusammen, und höchstselbst trug er es in die Abfallkiste.“
Synonyms
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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