hochziehen
\ˈhoːxˌt͡siːən\
The verdict
“hochziehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déplacer vers le haut avec un mouvement tirant (souvent avec un dispositif).
Corpus desk
Index FR-hochziehen · hochziehen · French
hochziehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | hochziehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈhoːxˌt͡siːən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hochziehen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hochziehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈhoːxˌt͡siːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
hochziehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 French form is hochziehen, spelled H-O-C-H-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Déplacer vers le haut avec un mouvement tirant (souvent avec un dispositif).
- 2S'annoncer, se rapprocher.
- 3Construire, établir (une maison, une entreprise) en peu de temps.
- 4Lever, arborer, hisser (un drapeau).
- 5Renifler.
- 6Diriger (un aéronef vers le haut).
- 7S'Échauffer, s’énerver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hochziehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vermutlich dürfte es 7-Eleven auf dem deutschen Markt jedoch schwer haben. Schon einmal gab es Pläne, hier Läden hochzuziehen, die verworfen wurden.
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.