höfische

[ˈhøːfɪʃə]

/[ˈhøːfɪʃə]/ adj

The verdict

“höfische” is uncommon German (frequency #64,380 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,380
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-hofische · höfische · German

höfische · rank #64,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,380
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Händewaschen

Nearest frequency peer: Händewaschen (-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 „höfische“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „höfische“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for höfische
PropertyValue
Headwordhöfische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhøːfɪʃə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,380
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „höfische“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).höfischefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Händewaschen“ (#64,379), „Händeschütteln“ (#64,378), „Hämoglobin“ (#64,377). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „höfische“ bei #64,380. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

höfische is uncommon German at frequency #64,380 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhøːfɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for höfische, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is höfische, spelled H-Ö-F-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "höfische"?
"höfische" is spelled H-Ö-F-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhøːfɪʃə].
What does "höfische" mean?
As an adjective, "höfische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs höfisch
How do you pronounce "höfische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "höfische" is [ˈhøːfɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "höfische" come from?
"höfische" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "höfische", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list