Downsyndrom
German, noun/ˈdaʊ̯nzʏnˌdʁoːm/
Downsyndrom is spelled D-O-W-N-S-Y-N-D-R-O-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Downsyndrom is a German neuter noun meaning “Down syndrome / Down's syndrome (Down’s syndrome)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Krankheit mit verschiedenen Symptomen (meist einhergehend mit geistiger Behinderung und körperlichen…”.
What does Downsyndrom mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterDown syndrome / Down's syndrome (Down’s syndrome)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Krankheit mit verschiedenen Symptomen (meist einhergehend mit geistiger Behinderung und körperlichen Anomalien), deren Ursache eine Chromosomenanomalie (dreifaches Vorliegen des Chromosoms 21) ist
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 Downsyndrom
- Downsyndroms genitive
- Down-Syndrom alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Downsyndrom?
- /ˈdaʊ̯nzʏnˌdʁoːm/
- [ˈdaʊ̯nzʏnˌdʁoːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Downsyndrom in German?
Downsyndrom appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).