heiß

/haɪ̯s/

adjective A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. hot

    Stronger than warm — the top of the temperature scale.

Similar words

warm

warm is pleasantly warm; heiß is hot, at the top of the temperature scale.

Similar in other languages

French

chaud

chaud is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hot."

Portuguese

quente

quente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hot."

Practice

1 What does heiß mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Kaffee ist noch ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches heiß?

See also

adjectivecore-vocabulary

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