Hochzahl
[ˈhoːxˌt͡saːl]
The verdict
“Hochzahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hochgestellte Zahl, die den Grad einer Potenz oder Wurzel angibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hochzahl · Hochzahl · German
Hochzahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Hochzahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːxˌt͡saːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hochzahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hochzahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːxˌt͡saːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Hochzahl in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Hochzahl, spelled H-O-C-H-Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1hochgestellte Zahl, die den Grad einer Potenz oder Wurzel angibt
- 2hochgestellte Zahl, zum Beispiel vor oder hinter einem Wort oder einer Zahl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hochzahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute berechnen wir Gleichungssysteme mit einer Variablen in der Hochzahl.
Wie schreibe ich eine Hochzahl wie bei ¹⁴C mit meiner Tastatur?
Synonyms
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.