hohes Tier
[ˌhoːəs ˈtiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“hohes Tier” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. 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) - eine Person, die in der Rangordnung oben steht und in der Regel Entscheidungen fällen darf, die befolgt werden müssen; wichtige Persönlichkeit, hoher Herr
Corpus desk
Index DE-hohes-tier · hohes Tier · German
hohes Tier · 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 | hohes Tier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌhoːəs ˈtiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hohes Tier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hohes Tier is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌhoːəs ˈtiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Person, die in der Rangordnung oben steht und in der Regel Entscheidungen fällen darf, die befolgt werden müssen; wichtige Persönlichkeit, hoher Herr".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hohes Tier in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hohes Tier, spelled H-O-H-E-S- -T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Person, die in der Rangordnung oben steht und in der Regel Entscheidungen fällen darf, die befolgt werden müssen; wichtige Persönlichkeit, hoher Herr
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hohes Tier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die hohen Tiere haben sich wieder was ausgedacht und die kleinen Leute müssen es ausbaden.
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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.