Alkoholkrankheit
[alkoˈhoːlˌkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Alkoholkrankheit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - suchtbedingte Abhängigkeit von Alkohol
Corpus desk
Index DE-alkoholkrankheit · Alkoholkrankheit · German
Alkoholkrankheit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alkoholkrankheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkoˈhoːlˌkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alkoholkrankheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alkoholkrankheit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkoˈhoːlˌkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "suchtbedingte Abhängigkeit von Alkohol".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Alkoholkrankheit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Alkoholkrankheit, spelled A-L-K-O-H-O-L-K-R-A-N-K-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1suchtbedingte Abhängigkeit von Alkohol
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alkoholkrankheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Begriff Alkoholkrankheit oder auch Alkoholabhängigkeit bezeichnet eine Suchterkrankung, in deren Zentrum Alkohol als Sucht- bzw. Rauschmittel steht. Sie ist durch einen zunehmend stärker werdenden Alkoholkonsum gekennzeichnet.“
„Die Alkoholsucht ist seit 1968 als Krankheit definiert und wird daher auch als Alkoholkrankheit bezeichnet.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.