Ekzem

[ɛkˈt͡seːm]

/[ɛkˈt͡seːm]/ noun

The verdict

“Ekzem” is uncommon German (frequency #64,223 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,223
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eine Entzündung der Haut, die sich durch Rötung, Juckreiz und die Bildung von schuppigen oder verkrusteten, zeitweise Flüssigkeit ausscheidenden, Flecken bemerkbar macht.

Corpus desk

Index DE-ekzem · Ekzem · German

Ekzem · rank #64,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,223
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH eklatanten

Nearest frequency peer: eklatanten (-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 „Ekzem“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ekzem
PropertyValue
HeadwordEkzem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛkˈt͡seːm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,223
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ekzem“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ekzemfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „eklatanten“ (#64,222), „Eisprung“ (#64,221), „eiskalter“ (#64,220). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ekzem“ bei #64,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ekzem is uncommon German at frequency #64,223 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛkˈt͡seːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eine Entzündung der Haut, die sich durch Rötung, Juckreiz und die Bildung von schuppigen oder verkrusteten, zeitweise Flüssigkeit ausscheidenden, Flecken bemerkbar macht.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ekzem in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ekzem, spelled E-K-Z-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eine Entzündung der Haut, die sich durch Rötung, Juckreiz und die Bildung von schuppigen oder verkrusteten, zeitweise Flüssigkeit ausscheidenden, Flecken bemerkbar macht.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Er hatte ein ekliges Ekzem auf dem Arm.

Synonyms

Juckflechte

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); 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 "Ekzem"?
"Ekzem" is spelled E-K-Z-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkˈt͡seːm].
What does "Ekzem" mean?
As a noun, "Ekzem" means: Eine Entzündung der Haut, die sich durch Rötung, Juckreiz und die Bildung von schuppigen oder verkrusteten, zeitweise Flüssigkeit ausscheidenden, Flecken bemerkbar macht.
How do you pronounce "Ekzem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ekzem" is [ɛkˈt͡seːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ekzem" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list