Hörweite
German, noun/ˈhøːɐ̯ˌvaɪ̯tə/
Hörweite is spelled H-Ö-R-W-E-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hörweite is a German feminine noun meaning “earshot (hearing distance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “diejenige Entfernung von etwas/jemandem, so dass es/er gerade noch gehört werden kann”.
What does Hörweite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineearshot (hearing distance)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diejenige Entfernung von etwas/jemandem, so dass es/er gerade noch gehört werden kann
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 Hörweite
- Hörweiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hörweite?
- /ˈhøːɐ̯ˌvaɪ̯tə/
- [ˈhøːɐ̯ˌvaɪ̯tə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hörweite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hörweite in German?
Hörweite appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).