Blessur
[blɛˈsuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Blessur” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine zumeist beim Sport erlittene Verletzung oder Verwundung
Corpus desk
Index DE-blessur · Blessur · German
Blessur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | Blessur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [blɛˈsuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Blessur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Blessur is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [blɛˈsuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Blessur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Blessur, spelled B-L-E-S-S-U-R.
Definition
- 1eine zumeist beim Sport erlittene Verletzung oder Verwundung
- 2eine Kriegsverletzung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Blessur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die im Champions-League-Finale erlittene Wadenverletzung erweist sich offenbar doch als schwerwiegender. Kapitän Philipp Lahm sprach von einer «ernsten» Blessur.
Abwehrchef Philippe Senderos zog sich in der 36. Minute bei einem Zusammenprall mit seinem Teamkollegen Stephan Lichtsteiner eine Blessur am rechten Fuß zu und muss um weitere Einsätze bei der WM bangen.
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.