höhere Macht
[ˈhøːəʁə ˈmaxt]
The verdict
“höhere Macht” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - abstrakte Bezeichnung für eine göttliche, der weltlichen Macht übergeordnete Gewalt
| 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) |
Where “höhere Macht” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for höhere Macht is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhøːəʁə ˈmaxt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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.
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Using “höhere Macht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ö-H-E-R-E- -M-A-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhøːəʁə ˈmaxt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.