Geruchsorgan
[ɡəˈʁʊxsʔɔʁˌɡaːn]
The verdict
“Geruchsorgan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Körperteil, Organ das durch Sinneszellen Gerüche wahrnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-geruchsorgan · Geruchsorgan · German
Geruchsorgan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Geruchsorgan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁʊxsʔɔʁˌɡaːn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geruchsorgan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geruchsorgan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʁʊxsʔɔʁˌɡaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Körperteil, Organ das durch Sinneszellen Gerüche wahrnimmt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Geruchsorgan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geruchsorgan, spelled G-E-R-U-C-H-S-O-R-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1ein Körperteil, Organ das durch Sinneszellen Gerüche wahrnimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geruchsorgan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Geruchsorgan liegt am Anfang der Atemwege und nimmt ein jeweils Fünfpfennigstück großes Gebiet an der oberen Nasenmuschel (Concha nasalis superior) und dem benachbarten Nasenseptum ein.“
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.