Hoheitsgewalt
German, noun/ˈhoːhaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌvalt/
Hoheitsgewalt is spelled H-O-H-E-I-T-S-G-E-W-A-L-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoheitsgewalt is a German feminine noun meaning “sovereign jurisdiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Recht und die durchsetzbare Macht (die Hoheit, die Gewalt) an einem bestimmten Ort (besonders als Staat)…”.
What does Hoheitsgewalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesovereign jurisdiction
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Recht und die durchsetzbare Macht (die Hoheit, die Gewalt) an einem bestimmten Ort (besonders als Staat) zu bestimmen
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 Hoheitsgewalt
- Hoheitsgewalten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hoheitsgewalt?
- /ˈhoːhaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌvalt/
- [ˈhoːhaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌvalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hoheitsgewalt in German?
Hoheitsgewalt appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).