höfisch
German, adjective/ˈhøːfɪʃ/
höfisch is spelled H-Ö-F-I-S-C-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Höfisch is a German adjective meaning “courtly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem Hof eines Fürsten angemessen, zugehörig”.
What does höfisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
courtly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem Hof eines Fürsten angemessen, zugehörig 2. der Kultur der Ritter des hohen Mittelalters zugehörig
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of höfisch
- höfischer masculine nominative singular
- am höfischsten superlative
- höfische feminine nominative singular
- höfisches neuter nominative singular
- höfischen genitive masculine singular
- höfischem dative masculine singular
- der höfische definite includes-article masculine
- die höfische definite feminine includes-article
- das höfische definite includes-article neuter
- die höfischen definite includes-article nominative
- des höfischen definite genitive includes-article
- der höfischen definite feminine genitive
- dem höfischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce höfisch?
- /ˈhøːfɪʃ/
- [ˈhøːfɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to höfisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is höfisch in German?
höfisch appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).