hochsteigen
\ˈhoːxˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩\
The verdict
“hochsteigen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monter, remonter, se déplacer vers un lieu élevé (p.ex. une échelle, un escalier, une montagne).
Corpus desk
Index FR-hochsteigen · hochsteigen · French
hochsteigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | hochsteigen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈhoːxˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hochsteigen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈhoːxˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hochsteigen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hochsteigen, spelled H-O-C-H-S-T-E-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Monter, remonter, se déplacer vers un lieu élevé (p.ex. une échelle, un escalier, une montagne).
- 2Monter, parlant d’un objet qui flotte dans l’air ou l’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hochsteigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Steigt der Mageninhalt bis in den Mundraum hoch, sorgt das nicht nur für einen unangenehmen Geschmack im Mund. Es kann auf Dauer auch den Zahnschmelz angreifen.
Die Rikscha fährt, ohne abzubremsen, auf die Baustelle, knattert im Zickzack durch den Schlamm und über die Holzbohlen bis zu dem großen Bürocontainer, den das breite V & E der Firma ziert. André steigt hoch in den großen Raum auf der ersten Etage, wo Nielsen ihn erwartet.
Antonyms
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.