Fiebermittel
[ˈfiːbɐˌmɪtl̩]
The verdict
“Fiebermittel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arzneimittel zur Senkung von Fieber
Corpus desk
Index DE-fiebermittel · Fiebermittel · German
Fiebermittel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Fiebermittel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfiːbɐˌmɪtl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fiebermittel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fiebermittel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfiːbɐˌmɪtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Fiebermittel has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Fiebermittel, spelled F-I-E-B-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Arzneimittel zur Senkung von Fieber
- 2Arzneimittel zur Erzeugung von Fieber als Heilmethode
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fiebermittel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ab Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts versuchte man, das teure Chinin durch billigere und/oder wirksamere Derivate zu ersetzen. Dadurch erhielt man 1856 das giftige Abbauprodukt Chinolin, das man wiederum zur Erforschung weiterer Fiebermittel verwendete.“
„Die Reiseapotheke sollte ganz besonders sorgfältig gepackt sein, ein Fiebermittel in der Dosierung für Kinder von zu Hause mitnehmen, desgleichen Nasen- und Ohrentropfen.“
Synonyms
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.