Höchstes

höchstes is the superlative form of the German adjective hoch, meaning the highest, tallest, or utmost. It is used to express the upper limit or the extreme degree of height, extent, or quality in relation to a noun. In German, the form adapts to gender, number, and article, so the exact ending varies with the syntactic context.

In attributions, the ending follows standard German declension rules. With a definite article, neuter singular would typically appear as das höchste Ziel (the highest goal). Without an article or with an indefinite article, the strong declension yields forms such as höchstes Ziel (neuter singular). For masculine or feminine nouns, corresponding forms are höchster Mann or höchste Frau in the singular, and die höchsten Männer or die höchsten Frauen in the plural.

höchstes can also function as a nominalized adjective, written as Höchstes or das Höchste, meaning “the highest thing” or “the ultimate thing.” This nominalized usage is common in idioms and fixed expressions, for example das Höchste der Gefühle, which translates roughly as “the height of emotion” or “the utmost feeling.”

In translation, höchs tes captures the sense of extremity or extremal ranking, and it often appears in contexts like architecture, rankings, or moral or qualitative extremities. The word reflects the German tendency to form precise degrees through inflection and, when capitalized, to treat adjectives as nouns to emphasize absolutes or abstractions.