hoheitlich
[ˈhoːhaɪ̯tlɪç]
The verdict
“hoheitlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in staatlicher Funktion
Corpus desk
Index DE-hoheitlich · hoheitlich · German
hoheitlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | hoheitlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhoːhaɪ̯tlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hoheitlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hoheitlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhoːhaɪ̯tlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hoheitlich, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hoheitlich, spelled H-O-H-E-I-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in staatlicher Funktion
- 2mit großer Geste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hoheitlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Umstand, dass die Lagerung nicht auf dem Grundstück des Verpflichteten, sondern im Bauhof der Firma erfolgte, ändert nichts an der Zugehörigkeit der Vorgangsweise zum Vollstreckungsverfahren und somit zum hoheitlichen Vollzug, sie ist nicht der Firma als ‚privates Handeln‘ zuzurechnen.“
„Die Entsorgung von Abwasser- und Hausmüll ist in Deutschland hoheitliche Aufgabe, die zu den Kernaufgaben der öffentlichen Daseinsvorsorge gehöret.“
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.