ELGA
The verdict
“ELGA” is uncommon German (frequency #86,416 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,416
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung von Elektronische Gesundheitsakte
Corpus desk
Index DE-elga · ELGA · German
ELGA · rank #86,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,416
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Elektrolyt
Nearest frequency peer: Elektrolyt (-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 „ELGA“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Eiskunstläu…
Eiskunstläufer
13,589 corpus weight
- Elektroinge…
Elektroingenieur
13,587 corpus weight
- Elektrolyt
Elektrolyt
13,586 corpus weight
- ELGA
ELGA
13,585 corpus weight
- emigrieren
emigrieren
13,583 corpus weight
- Energiespar…
Energiesparlampen
13,581 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ELGA“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ELGA |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ELGA“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ELGA is uncommon German at frequency #86,416 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung von Elektronische Gesundheitsakte".
ELGA has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ELGA, spelled E-L-G-A.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung von Elektronische Gesundheitsakte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ELGA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die elektronische Gesundheitsakte (ELGA) ist in Österreich ein System zur Standardisierung der elektronischen Kommunikation zwischen Gesundheitsdiensteanbieter auf der Basis von HL7 sowie zur Vernetzung von Gesundheitsdaten und -informationen auf der Basis der Clinical Document Architecture.“
In der Stellenausschreibung wurde u.a. Design neuer IT-Anwendungen im Umfeld der e-card, der ELGA (elektronische Gesundheitsakte) und des eGovernments als Teil der Aufgaben angegeben.
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.
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