Oberhoheit
[ˈoːbɐˌhoːhaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Oberhoheit” is uncommon German (frequency #66,555 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,555
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höchste Staatsmacht; Regierungsgewalt über ein anderes Land
Corpus desk
Index DE-oberhoheit · Oberhoheit · German
Oberhoheit · rank #66,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,555
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Oberharz
Nearest frequency peer: Oberharz (-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 „Oberhoheit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Nutztieren
Nutztieren
33,452 corpus weight
- Oberflächen…
Oberflächenwasser
33,448 corpus weight
- Oberharz
Oberharz
33,447 corpus weight
- Oberhoheit
Oberhoheit
33,446 corpus weight
- Oelde
Oelde
33,443 corpus weight
- offiziellem
offiziellem
33,442 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Oberhoheit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oberhoheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːbɐˌhoːhaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Oberhoheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Oberhoheit is uncommon German at frequency #66,555 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːbɐˌhoːhaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "höchste Staatsmacht; Regierungsgewalt über ein anderes Land".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Oberhoheit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Oberhoheit, spelled O-B-E-R-H-O-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1höchste Staatsmacht; Regierungsgewalt über ein anderes Land
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oberhoheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach den ersten Germaneneinfällen der Völkerwanderungszeit eroberten 452 Attilas Hunnen Pavia und Mailand, später regierte Theoderich der Große unter byzantinischer Oberhoheit in Pavia.“
„Nach dem Tod des abgesetzten Oba darf dessen Sohn im Jahr 1914 als traditioneller Herrscher unter Oberhoheit der Briten zurückkehren.“
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.
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