höhere Macht
[ˈhøːəʁə ˈmaxt]
The verdict
“höhere Macht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abstrakte Bezeichnung für eine göttliche, der weltlichen Macht übergeordnete Gewalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hohere-macht · höhere Macht · German
höhere Macht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | höhere Macht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈhøːəʁə ˈmaxt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „höhere Macht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
höhere Macht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈhøːəʁə ˈmaxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abstrakte Bezeichnung für eine göttliche, der weltlichen Macht übergeordnete Gewalt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for höhere Macht in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is höhere Macht, spelled H-Ö-H-E-R-E- -M-A-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1abstrakte Bezeichnung für eine göttliche, der weltlichen Macht übergeordnete Gewalt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how höhere Macht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die zwölf Franken vertrank Herr Dingle in Le Havre, und außerdem fuhr er statt nach Irland nach Djibouti. Kurz, die Messe wurde nicht gelesen, weshalb in den natürlichen Verlauf der Dinge keine höhere Macht eingriff. (Karel Capek, Der Krieg mit den Molchen, 1. Buch, 5. Kapitel)
Antonyms
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.