Höhenmesser
[ˈhøːənˌmɛsɐ]
The verdict
“Höhenmesser” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät, mit dem man bestimmen kann, in welcher Höhe man sich befindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-hohenmesser · Höhenmesser · German
Höhenmesser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Höhenmesser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhøːənˌmɛsɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Höhenmesser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Höhenmesser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhøːənˌmɛsɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät, mit dem man bestimmen kann, in welcher Höhe man sich befindet".
Zero misspellings are on record for Höhenmesser in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Höhenmesser, spelled H-Ö-H-E-N-M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gerät, mit dem man bestimmen kann, in welcher Höhe man sich befindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Höhenmesser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir kommen nun zum höchsten Punkt unserer Reise, mein Höhenmesser zeigt fast dreitausend Meter.“
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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.