Flugangst
[ˈfluːkˌʔaŋst]
The verdict
“Flugangst” is uncommon German (frequency #58,777 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,777
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - krankhafte Angst vor dem Fliegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-flugangst · Flugangst · German
Flugangst · rank #58,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,777
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH flimmern
Nearest frequency peer: flimmern (-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 „Flugangst“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Firmennamen
Firmennamen
41,228 corpus weight
- Flaschenhals
Flaschenhals
41,227 corpus weight
- Fliegerhorst
Fliegerhorst
41,226 corpus weight
- flimmern
flimmern
41,225 corpus weight
- Flugangst
Flugangst
41,224 corpus weight
- Flugblättern
Flugblättern
41,223 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Flugangst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flugangst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfluːkˌʔaŋst] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flugangst“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flugangst is uncommon German at frequency #58,777 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfluːkˌʔaŋst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "krankhafte Angst vor dem Fliegen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Flugangst in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Flugangst, spelled F-L-U-G-A-N-G-S-T.
Definition
- 1krankhafte Angst vor dem Fliegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flugangst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Flugangst ist eine erlernte Angst, die man wieder verlernen kann“, sagt die Flugbegleiterin und Psychologin Karin Bonner.
Wer dennoch kurz vor dem Gate in Panik gerät, kann beim Flughafenarzt oder bei so genannten Flugangst-Ambulanzen eine Kurzfristberatung gegen Flugangst erhalten, so Trautmann.
Synonyms
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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