mittelhochdeutsch

[ˈmɪtl̩ˌhoːxdɔɪ̯tʃ]

/[ˈmɪtl̩ˌhoːxdɔɪ̯tʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“mittelhochdeutsch” is uncommon German (frequency #83,073 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,073
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich auf das Mittelhochdeutsche, die mittelhochdeutsche Sprache beziehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-mittelhochdeutsch · mittelhochdeutsch · German

mittelhochdeutsch · rank #83,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,073
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mittelschiff

Nearest frequency peer: Mittelschiff (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „mittelhochdeutsch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mittelhochdeutsch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mittelhochdeutsch
PropertyValue
Headwordmittelhochdeutsch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmɪtl̩ˌhoːxdɔɪ̯tʃ]
Letters17
Frequency rank#83,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mittelhochdeutsch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.mittelhochdeutschfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mittelschiff“ (#83,074), „Missbilligung“ (#83,071), „mojito“ (#83,076). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mittelhochdeutsch“ bei #83,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mittelhochdeutsch is uncommon German at frequency #83,073 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɪtl̩ˌhoːxdɔɪ̯tʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich auf das Mittelhochdeutsche, die mittelhochdeutsche Sprache beziehend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mittelhochdeutsch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mittelhochdeutsch, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-H-O-C-H-D-E-U-T-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich auf das Mittelhochdeutsche, die mittelhochdeutsche Sprache beziehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mittelhochdeutsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bis etwa 1350 sprach man die mittelhochdeutsche Sprache.
  2. Die Überlieferung der mittelhochdeutschen Literatur ist besser als die der althochdeutschen.

This word in other languages

moyen haut-allemand(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mittelhochdeutsch"?
"mittelhochdeutsch" is spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-H-O-C-H-D-E-U-T-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtl̩ˌhoːxdɔɪ̯tʃ].
What does "mittelhochdeutsch" mean?
As an adjective, "mittelhochdeutsch" means: sich auf das Mittelhochdeutsche, die mittelhochdeutsche Sprache beziehend
How do you pronounce "mittelhochdeutsch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mittelhochdeutsch" is [ˈmɪtl̩ˌhoːxdɔɪ̯tʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mittelhochdeutsch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mittelhochdeutsch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list