Altersschwäche
[ˈaltɐsˌʃvɛçə]
The verdict
“Altersschwäche” is uncommon German (frequency #61,264 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,264
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - körperlicher und/oder geistiger Mangel, der sich mit zunehmendem Alter einstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-altersschwache · Altersschwäche · German
Altersschwäche · rank #61,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,264
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH alphabetische
Nearest frequency peer: alphabetische (-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 „Altersschwäche“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Allgemeinwo…
Allgemeinwohl
38,740 corpus weight
- Alpenraum
Alpenraum
38,739 corpus weight
- alphabetisc…
alphabetische
38,738 corpus weight
- Altersschwä…
Altersschwäche
38,737 corpus weight
- Amtshilfe
Amtshilfe
38,735 corpus weight
- Amtsmissbra…
Amtsmissbrauch
38,734 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Altersschwäche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Altersschwäche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltɐsˌʃvɛçə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #61,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Altersschwäche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Altersschwäche is uncommon German at frequency #61,264 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaltɐsˌʃvɛçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "körperlicher und/oder geistiger Mangel, der sich mit zunehmendem Alter einstellt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Altersschwäche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Altersschwäche, spelled A-L-T-E-R-S-S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1körperlicher und/oder geistiger Mangel, der sich mit zunehmendem Alter einstellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Altersschwäche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachlassende geistige Fitness ist eine von vielen Formen der Altersschwäche.
„Als er sich wieder erheben wollte, brachte er es angesichts seines Leibesumfanges und seiner Altersschwäche lange Zeit nicht zustande.“
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.
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