hochwohlgeboren

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adjective

High-born; aristocratic, of noble birth.

OriginGerman hochwohlgeboren →
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Meanings

adjectivehochwohlgeboren (comparative more hochwohlgeboren, superlative most hochwohlgeboren)

comparative more hochwohlgeboren · superlative most hochwohlgeboren

  1. High-born; aristocratic, of noble birth.

    But here we all were, being hochwohlgeboren in the passage.

    1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 484

Origin

  1. Germanhochwohlgeboren
  2. Germanhochwohlgeboren
  3. Englishhochwohlgeboren

Borrowed from German hochwohlgeboren.

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hochwohlgeboren. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hochwohlgeboren

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“hochwohlgeboren.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hochwohlgeboren. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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