hoch
Meaning in English: high, tall
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Der Berg ist fast dreitausend Meter hoch.
The mountain is almost three thousand metres high.
Forms of hoch in the top 5,000
These forms of hoch are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Wegen der hohen Preise kaufen wir weniger.
Because of the high prices we buy less.
Wir haben diesen Winter hohe Heizkosten.
We have high heating costs this winter.
Die Nebenkosten sind dieses Jahr höher als erwartet.
The utility costs are higher than expected this year.
Im Winter zahlen wir höhere Heizkosten.
In winter we pay higher heating costs.
In höheren Lagen fällt Schnee.
Snow will fall at higher altitudes.
Das ist ein ziemlich hoher Preis für ein T-Shirt.
That's a pretty high price for a T-shirt.
Die Zugspitze ist der höchste Berg Deutschlands.
The Zugspitze is Germany's highest mountain.
Von der höchsten Stelle sieht man bis zu den Alpen.
From the highest point you can see as far as the Alps.
Er kam mit hohem Fieber ins Krankenhaus.
He went to hospital with a high fever.
Das Kind hat seit gestern hohes Fieber.
The child has had a high fever since yesterday.
How common is hoch?
hoch is number 563 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 157 times per million words — about once every 6,400 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Related words in the list
Words built on hoch:
Next to it in the frequency list
- 559gestelltput, placed; asked (a question)
- 560einzelnenindividual, single
- 561der Erfolgsuccess
- 562paara few (ein paar)
- 563hochhigh, tall
- 564Inhaltecontents, content
- 565jedemevery, each (dative)
- 566die Sicherheitsafety, security
- 567häufigfrequent(ly), often
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#563
- The 5,000 most common German words#563
- The most common German adjectives#63
- German A1 vocabulary#279
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.