Gelbsucht
[ˈɡɛlpˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Gelbsucht” is uncommon German (frequency #87,738 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,738
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gelbfärbung von Haut, Schleim- und Bindehaut infolge Erkrankung
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelbsucht · Gelbsucht · German
Gelbsucht · rank #87,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,738
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gekniffen
Nearest frequency peer: gekniffen (-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 „Gelbsucht“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gehorchte
gehorchte
12,266 corpus weight
- geisteswiss…
geisteswissenschaftliche
12,265 corpus weight
- gekniffen
gekniffen
12,264 corpus weight
- Gelbsucht
Gelbsucht
12,263 corpus weight
- Geldscheinen
Geldscheinen
12,262 corpus weight
- Geldvermögen
Geldvermögen
12,261 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gelbsucht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gelbsucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛlpˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gelbsucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gelbsucht is uncommon German at frequency #87,738 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛlpˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gelbfärbung von Haut, Schleim- und Bindehaut infolge Erkrankung".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gelbsucht in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Gelbsucht, spelled G-E-L-B-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Gelbfärbung von Haut, Schleim- und Bindehaut infolge Erkrankung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gelbsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gelbsucht und Typhus sind aus der Mode gekommen.“
„Sie hat Gelbsucht gehabt, sie hat vier Monate im Bett gelegen.“
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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