Enddarm

[ˈɛntˌdaʁm]

/[ˈɛntˌdaʁm]/ noun

The verdict

“Enddarm” is uncommon German (frequency #91,521 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,521
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - letzter Teil des Dickdarms, der im After endet

Corpus desk

Index DE-enddarm · Enddarm · German

Enddarm · rank #91,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,521
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH empfehlenswer…

Nearest frequency peer: empfehlenswerter (-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 „Enddarm“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Enddarm
PropertyValue
HeadwordEnddarm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛntˌdaʁm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,521
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Enddarm“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „empfehlenswerter“ (#91,520), „Endlauf“ (#91,522), „Emeritierung“ (#91,518). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Enddarm“ bei #91,521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Enddarm is uncommon German at frequency #91,521 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛntˌdaʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "letzter Teil des Dickdarms, der im After endet".

Enddarm has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Enddarm, spelled E-N-D-D-A-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    letzter Teil des Dickdarms, der im After endet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der Erreger [der Bakterienruhr] wird durch kulturelle, bakteriologische Untersuchung eines Abstrichs aus dem Enddarm nachgewiesen.“
  2. „Bisweilen krochen sie auch in den Schlund, so dass er sich erbrechen musste, oder sie zogen sich zurück in den Enddarm, von wo aus sie Unrat auf das Tuch spritzten, das der Alte Tóvó unter ihn gelegt hatte.“

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 "Enddarm"?
"Enddarm" is spelled E-N-D-D-A-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛntˌdaʁm].
What does "Enddarm" mean?
As a noun, "Enddarm" means: letzter Teil des Dickdarms, der im After endet
How do you pronounce "Enddarm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Enddarm" is [ˈɛntˌdaʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Enddarm" come from?
"Enddarm" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list