Darmspiegelung
German, noun[ˈdaʁmˌʃpiːɡəlʊŋ]
Darmspiegelung is spelled D-A-R-M-S-P-I-E-G-E-L-U-N-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Darmspiegelung is a German feminine noun meaning “colonoscopy (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Methode zur Untersuchung des Dickdarmes und meistens auch der letzten Zentimeter des Dünndarmes”.
What does Darmspiegelung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecolonoscopy (examination of the colon using a colonoscope)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Methode zur Untersuchung des Dickdarmes und meistens auch der letzten Zentimeter des Dünndarmes 2. der Vorgang der Untersuchung des Dickdarms selbst
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Darmspiegelung
- Darmspiegelungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Darmspiegelung?
- [ˈdaʁmˌʃpiːɡəlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Darmspiegelung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Darmspiegelung in German?
Darmspiegelung appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).