Geflügelpest
[ɡəˈflyːɡl̩ˌpɛst]
The verdict
“Geflügelpest” is uncommon German (frequency #94,312 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,312
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine durch Viren hervorgerufene anzeigepflichtige Tierseuche, von der Hühner, Puten, Gänse, Enten und wildlebende Wasservögel betroffen sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-geflugelpest · Geflügelpest · German
Geflügelpest · rank #94,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,312
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gefestigten
Nearest frequency peer: gefestigten (-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 „Geflügelpest“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gediegene
gediegene
5,691 corpus weight
- gefestigten
gefestigten
5,690 corpus weight
- Geflügelpest
Geflügelpest
5,689 corpus weight
- gefrorenes
gefrorenes
5,688 corpus weight
- Gegenbesuch
Gegenbesuch
5,687 corpus weight
- geglänzt
geglänzt
5,686 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geflügelpest“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geflügelpest |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈflyːɡl̩ˌpɛst] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geflügelpest“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geflügelpest is uncommon German at frequency #94,312 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈflyːɡl̩ˌpɛst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine durch Viren hervorgerufene anzeigepflichtige Tierseuche, von der Hühner, Puten, Gänse, Enten und wildlebende Wasservögel betroffen sind".
No misspelling variants are generated for Geflügelpest in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Geflügelpest, spelled G-E-F-L-Ü-G-E-L-P-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1eine durch Viren hervorgerufene anzeigepflichtige Tierseuche, von der Hühner, Puten, Gänse, Enten und wildlebende Wasservögel betroffen sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geflügelpest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Geflügelpest wurde erstmals 1878 in Italien beobachtet.
Die Infektion mit den aggressiveren Virusstämmen der Geflügelpest führt meist zum Tod der betroffenen Vögel.
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); 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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