höfisch
[ˈhøːfɪʃ]
The verdict
“höfisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Hof eines Fürsten angemessen, zugehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-hofisch · höfisch · German
höfisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | höfisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhøːfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „höfisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
höfisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhøːfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
höfisch has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 höfisch, spelled H-Ö-F-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1dem Hof eines Fürsten angemessen, zugehörig
- 2der Kultur der Ritter des hohen Mittelalters zugehörig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how höfisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deine Redensart ist sehr höfisch.
„Die Sprache des Minnesanges und des höfischen Epos wird, gegenüber dem frühmittelalterlichen Deutsch, ungleich differenzierter und tiefer im Ausdruck.“
This word in other languages
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.