Genickbruch
[ɡəˈnɪkˌbʁʊx]
The verdict
“Genickbruch” is uncommon German (frequency #98,482 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,482
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Knochenfraktur des Genicks
Corpus desk
Index DE-genickbruch · Genickbruch · German
Genickbruch · rank #98,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,482
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH genanntem
Nearest frequency peer: genanntem (-2 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 „Genickbruch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gemüseanbau
Gemüseanbau
1,522 corpus weight
- genanntem
genanntem
1,521 corpus weight
- Genickbruch
Genickbruch
1,519 corpus weight
- geologisches
geologisches
1,517 corpus weight
- Geometrien
Geometrien
1,516 corpus weight
- Gepäckwagen
Gepäckwagen
1,515 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Genickbruch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Genickbruch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈnɪkˌbʁʊx] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Genickbruch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Genickbruch is uncommon German at frequency #98,482 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈnɪkˌbʁʊx]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Knochenfraktur des Genicks".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Genickbruch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Genickbruch, spelled G-E-N-I-C-K-B-R-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Knochenfraktur des Genicks
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Genickbruch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man stelle sich vor, wie Garvey und Worden in der Lanvale rauchend vor einer Wohnung im ersten Stock stehen, und drinnen liegt ein alter Alkoholiker mit einem glatten Genickbruch auf dem Boden, neben sich eine leere Flasche.“
„Obwohl ich den Kutscher nicht sehe, kann ich mir doch vorstellen, wie er aus lauter Ehrfurcht vor einem so plötzlichen Genickbruch den Mund offenhält.“
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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