Eklampsie
[ɛklamˈpsiː]
The verdict
“Eklampsie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plötzlicher, schwerer Krampfanfall während der Schwangerschaft oder kurz nach der Geburt
Corpus desk
Index DE-eklampsie · Eklampsie · German
Eklampsie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Eklampsie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛklamˈpsiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eklampsie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eklampsie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛklamˈpsiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plötzlicher, schwerer Krampfanfall während der Schwangerschaft oder kurz nach der Geburt".
Eklampsie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Eklampsie, spelled E-K-L-A-M-P-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1plötzlicher, schwerer Krampfanfall während der Schwangerschaft oder kurz nach der Geburt
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.