Diphtherie
German, noun/dɪftəˈʁiː/
Diphtherie is spelled D-I-P-H-T-H-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diphtherie is a German feminine noun meaning “diphtheria (infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor allem bei Kindern auftretende, häufig tödlich verlaufende Infektionskrankheit der oberen Atemorgane…”.
What does Diphtherie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediphtheria (infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vor allem bei Kindern auftretende, häufig tödlich verlaufende Infektionskrankheit der oberen Atemorgane; hervorgerufen durch das grampositive Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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 Diphtherie
- Diphtherien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Diphtherie?
- /dɪftəˈʁiː/
- [dɪfteˈʁiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Diphtherie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Diphtherie in German?
Diphtherie 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).