Ätiologie

[ɛti̯oloˈɡiː]

/[ɛti̯oloˈɡiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ätiologie” is uncommon German (frequency #89,886 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,886
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehre von den Ursachen

Corpus desk

Index DE-atiologie · Ätiologie · German

Ätiologie · rank #89,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,886
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ärmchen

Nearest frequency peer: Ärmchen (-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 „Ätiologie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ätiologie
PropertyValue
HeadwordÄtiologie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛti̯oloˈɡiː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#89,886
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ätiologie“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ärmchen“ (#89,885), „ähnlichsten“ (#89,884), „überdenkt“ (#89,888). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „Ätiologie“ bei #89,886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ätiologie is uncommon German at frequency #89,886 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛti̯oloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lehre von den Ursachen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ätiologie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Ätiologie, spelled Ä-T-I-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lehre von den Ursachen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Ätiologie wird vor allem in der Medizin angewandt.
  2. „Heute ist der Krebs an der Reihe, die Krankheit zu sein, die nicht anklopft, bevor sie eintritt, ist es der Krebs, der die Rolle einer als erbarmungslose, geheime Invasion erfahrenen Krankheit übernimmt – eine Rolle, die er solange behalten wird, bis seine Ätiologie eines Tages so klar und seine Behandlung so wirksam sein werden, wie es die der Tb geword…

Synonyms

Ursachenlehre

This word in other languages

aetiology(English)etiología(Español)étiologie(Français)

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 "Ätiologie"?
"Ätiologie" is spelled Ä-T-I-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛti̯oloˈɡiː].
What does "Ätiologie" mean?
As a noun, "Ätiologie" means: Lehre von den Ursachen
How do you pronounce "Ätiologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ätiologie" is [ɛti̯oloˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ätiologie" come from?
"Ätiologie" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

überdenkt#89,888Überlänge#89,889überwinde#89,893Zweiräder#89,876

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list