Sommerhitze

[ˈzɔmɐˌhɪt͡sə]

/[ˈzɔmɐˌhɪt͡sə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sommerhitze” is uncommon German (frequency #70,813 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,813
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders hohe Temperaturen, die entstehen, wenn die Sonne im Sommer ihren höchsten Stand im Jahreslauf hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-sommerhitze · Sommerhitze · German

Sommerhitze · rank #70,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,813
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sommercamp

Nearest frequency peer: Sommercamp (-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 „Sommerhitze“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sommerhitze
PropertyValue
HeadwordSommerhitze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɔmɐˌhɪt͡sə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,813
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sommerhitze“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Sommerhitzefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sommercamp“ (#70,812), „Sommerspielen“ (#70,814), „Sommertagen“ (#70,815). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sommerhitze“ bei #70,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sommerhitze is uncommon German at frequency #70,813 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔmɐˌhɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders hohe Temperaturen, die entstehen, wenn die Sonne im Sommer ihren höchsten Stand im Jahreslauf hat".

Sommerhitze has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sommerhitze, spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-H-I-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    besonders hohe Temperaturen, die entstehen, wenn die Sonne im Sommer ihren höchsten Stand im Jahreslauf hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Am meisten litten die Europäer indes unter der indischen Sommerhitze sowie unter Krankheiten wie der Cholera.“
  2. „In der Sommerhitze erfahre ich am FKK-Strand am Wannsee sehr viel darüber, wie die Deutschen zu ihrem Körper, zur Erotik, zur Freiheit stehen.“

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 "Sommerhitze"?
"Sommerhitze" is spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-H-I-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔmɐˌhɪt͡sə].
What does "Sommerhitze" mean?
As a noun, "Sommerhitze" means: besonders hohe Temperaturen, die entstehen, wenn die Sonne im Sommer ihren höchsten Stand im Jahreslauf hat
How do you pronounce "Sommerhitze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sommerhitze" is [ˈzɔmɐˌhɪt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sommerhitze" come from?
"Sommerhitze" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sommertagen#70,815sonderbaren#70,816Sonnensegel#70,817Spieleabend#70,822

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list