Duodenum
[duoˈdeːnʊm]
The verdict
“Duodenum” 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) - Zwölffingerdarm; Teil des Dünndarms
Corpus desk
Index DE-duodenum · Duodenum · German
Duodenum · 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 | Duodenum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [duoˈdeːnʊm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Duodenum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Duodenum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [duoˈdeːnʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zwölffingerdarm; Teil des Dünndarms".
Duodenum has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Duodenum, spelled D-U-O-D-E-N-U-M.
Definition
- 1Zwölffingerdarm; Teil des Dünndarms
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Duodenum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Duodenum ist der sich dem Magen anschliessende, am weitesten oral gelegene Teil des Dünndarmes.“
Synonyms
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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.