Amygdala
[aˈmʏkdala]
The verdict
“Amygdala” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil des Gehirns
Corpus desk
Index DE-amygdala · Amygdala · German
Amygdala · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Amygdala |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈmʏkdala] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amygdala“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amygdala is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈmʏkdala]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil des Gehirns".
Amygdala doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Amygdala, spelled A-M-Y-G-D-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Teil des Gehirns
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amygdala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fehlfunktionen der Amygdala können beim Menschen zu einer Vielzahl von Erscheinungen führen wie Gedächtnisstörungen, die Unfähigkeit der emotionalen Einschätzung von Situationen, […] und Phobien.
„Die Amygdala ist das Angstgedächtnis.“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.