gastrointestinal
[ˌɡastʁoʔɪntɛstiˈnaːl]
The verdict
“gastrointestinal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Magen und Darm betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gastrointestinal · gastrointestinal · German
gastrointestinal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gastrointestinal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌɡastʁoʔɪntɛstiˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gastrointestinal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gastrointestinal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɡastʁoʔɪntɛstiˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Magen und Darm betreffend".
gastrointestinal has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gastrointestinal, spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Magen und Darm betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gastrointestinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schon die Straßennamen in Brüssel verheißen Gutes und verkünden gastrointestinale Herausforderungen: Marché aux Fromages oder flämisch Kaasmarkt, Rue Bouchers, Rue du Marché aux Poulets oder Kiekenmarkt etc.
Bei derlei Symptomen handelt es sich oft um „funktionelle gastrointestinale Störungen“ (FGIS), zu denen unter anderem Reizmagen und Reizdarm-Syndrom gehören.
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.