Gaumenspalte
German, noun[ˈɡaʊ̯mənˌʃpaltə]
Gaumenspalte is spelled G-A-U-M-E-N-S-P-A-L-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaumenspalte is a German feminine noun meaning “palatoschisis, cleft palate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “angeborene Fehlbildung, bei der Teile des Gaumens während der Embryonalentwicklung nicht vollständig…”.
What does Gaumenspalte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepalatoschisis, cleft palate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. angeborene Fehlbildung, bei der Teile des Gaumens während der Embryonalentwicklung nicht vollständig verschmelzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gaumenspalte
- Gaumenspalten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gaumenspalte?
- [ˈɡaʊ̯mənˌʃpaltə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gaumenspalte in German?
Gaumenspalte appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).