Gehirnhautentzündung
[ɡəˈhɪʁnhaʊ̯tʔɛntˌt͡sʏndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Gehirnhautentzündung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entzündung der Bindegewebsschichten, die das Gehirn umgeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-gehirnhautentzundung · Gehirnhautentzündung · German
Gehirnhautentzündung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Gehirnhautentzündung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhɪʁnhaʊ̯tʔɛntˌt͡sʏndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gehirnhautentzündung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gehirnhautentzündung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhɪʁnhaʊ̯tʔɛntˌt͡sʏndʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entzündung der Bindegewebsschichten, die das Gehirn umgeben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gehirnhautentzündung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gehirnhautentzündung, spelled G-E-H-I-R-N-H-A-U-T-E-N-T-Z-Ü-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Entzündung der Bindegewebsschichten, die das Gehirn umgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gehirnhautentzündung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seinen Arzt fragt er nach den Symptomen einer Gehirnhautentzündung.“
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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.