Drogensucht

[ˈdʁoːɡənˌzʊxt]

/[ˈdʁoːɡənˌzʊxt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Drogensucht” is uncommon German (frequency #61,429 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,429
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abhängigkeit von Rauschmitteln

Corpus desk

Index DE-drogensucht · Drogensucht · German

Drogensucht · rank #61,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,429
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dreiteiligen

Nearest frequency peer: dreiteiligen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Drogensucht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Drogensucht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Drogensucht
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrogensucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʁoːɡənˌzʊxt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Drogensucht“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Drogensuchtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dreiteiligen“ (#61,428), „DTB“ (#61,430), „Dramaturg“ (#61,427). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Drogensucht“ bei #61,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Drogensucht is uncommon German at frequency #61,429 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁoːɡənˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abhängigkeit von Rauschmitteln".

No misspelling variants are generated for Drogensucht in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Drogensucht, spelled D-R-O-G-E-N-S-U-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abhängigkeit von Rauschmitteln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Drogensucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Während die eine alle Stadien einer Drogensucht durchläuft - Abhängigkeit, Kontrollverlust, Entzugsversuch, Rückfall, erneuter Entzug - lebt die andere ein vorbildliches Leben als Musikerin und alleinerziehende Mutter.
  2. Vom eigenen Absturz in Drogensüchte aller Arten, von Sex auf alle Arten, und er verschweigt auch nicht den Spaß, den man dabei haben kann.

Synonyms

BetäubungsmittelsuchtDrogenabhängigkeitDrogenmissbrauchRauschgiftsuchtRauschmittelsucht

This word in other languages

drogadicción(Español)toxicomanie(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Drogensucht"?
"Drogensucht" is spelled D-R-O-G-E-N-S-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁoːɡənˌzʊxt].
What does "Drogensucht" mean?
As a noun, "Drogensucht" means: Abhängigkeit von Rauschmitteln
How do you pronounce "Drogensucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drogensucht" is [ˈdʁoːɡənˌzʊxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Drogensucht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Drogensucht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

effektivere#61,440Eigenmarken#61,444dekorierten#61,411Eingeborene#61,447

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list