Aderlass

[ˈaːdɐlas]

/[ˈaːdɐlas]/ noun

The verdict

“Aderlass” is uncommon German (frequency #51,087 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,087
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Absaugenlassen von Blut durch Blutegel, früher auch Ablaufenlassen von Blut

Corpus desk

Index DE-aderlass · Aderlass · German

Aderlass · rank #51,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,087
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH achtsam

Nearest frequency peer: achtsam (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Aderlass“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aderlass“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Aderlass
PropertyValue
HeadwordAderlass
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːdɐlas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,087
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Aderlass“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Aderlassfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „achtsam“ (#51,086), „abändern“ (#51,085), „Adriano“ (#51,089). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Aderlass“ bei #51,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Aderlass is uncommon German at frequency #51,087 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːdɐlas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Aderlass, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Aderlass, spelled A-D-E-R-L-A-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absaugenlassen von Blut durch Blutegel, früher auch Ablaufenlassen von Blut
  2. 2
    bedeutender Substanzverlust

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Aderlass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der König wurde durch allzu häufigen Aderlass derart geschwächt, dass er seinen Krankheiten erlag.
  2. „Da er keine andere Behandlungsmethode kannte, fuhr er mit dem Aderlass fort und verabreichte Einläufe, die den Körper purgieren sollten.“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Aderlass"?
"Aderlass" is spelled A-D-E-R-L-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːdɐlas].
What does "Aderlass" mean?
As a noun, "Aderlass" means: Absaugenlassen von Blut durch Blutegel, früher auch Ablaufenlassen von Blut
How do you pronounce "Aderlass"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aderlass" is [ˈaːdɐlas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aderlass" come from?
"Aderlass" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aderlass", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list