Diathese
[diaˈteːzə]
The verdict
“Diathese” 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) - die das Geschehen in „täterabgewandt“ (Passiv) und „täterzugewandt“ (Aktiv) einordnende Kategorisierung des Verbs
Corpus desk
Index DE-diathese · Diathese · German
Diathese · 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 "D" 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 | Diathese |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diaˈteːzə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diathese“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diathese is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [diaˈteːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Diathese in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Diathese, spelled D-I-A-T-H-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1die das Geschehen in „täterabgewandt“ (Passiv) und „täterzugewandt“ (Aktiv) einordnende Kategorisierung des Verbs
- 2Veranlagung zu speziellen krankhaften Reaktionen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diathese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Diathese von „spiele“ im Beispiel „ich spiele Ball“ nennt sich Aktiv.
„Bei den finiten Formen sind besonders die Diathesen zu erwähnen (die Unterscheidung zwischen Aktiv und Passiv; in der früheren Zeit gab es auch noch eine dritte, die funktionell häufig unserem Reflexivum entspricht, die mediale Diathese) sowie die Unterscheidung nach Tempus (Zeit) und Modus (Aussageart).“
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.