Giftspritze

[ˈɡɪftˌʃpʁɪt͡sə]

/[ˈɡɪftˌʃpʁɪt͡sə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Giftspritze” is uncommon German (frequency #89,005 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,005
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Injektionsspritze, mit der einem zum Tode Verurteilten das tödliche Gift injiziert wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-giftspritze · Giftspritze · German

Giftspritze · rank #89,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,005
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gewechselten

Nearest frequency peer: gewechselten (-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 „Giftspritze“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Giftspritze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Giftspritze
PropertyValue
HeadwordGiftspritze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɪftˌʃpʁɪt͡sə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,005
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Giftspritze“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Giftspritzefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gewechselten“ (#89,004), „gleichartiger“ (#89,008), „Gettysburg“ (#89,001). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Giftspritze“ bei #89,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Giftspritze is uncommon German at frequency #89,005 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɪftˌʃpʁɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Giftspritze in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Giftspritze, spelled G-I-F-T-S-P-R-I-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Injektionsspritze, mit der einem zum Tode Verurteilten das tödliche Gift injiziert wird
  2. 2
    zänkische Person

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Giftspritze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Verurteilte wurde mit der Giftspritze hingerichtet.
  2. Die alte Giftspritze sollte mal lieber ihren Mund halten.

Synonyms

Giftnudel

This word in other languages

lethal injection(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Giftspritze"?
"Giftspritze" is spelled G-I-F-T-S-P-R-I-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɪftˌʃpʁɪt͡sə].
What does "Giftspritze" mean?
As a noun, "Giftspritze" means: Injektionsspritze, mit der einem zum Tode Verurteilten das tödliche Gift injiziert wird
How do you pronounce "Giftspritze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Giftspritze" is [ˈɡɪftˌʃpʁɪt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Giftspritze" come from?
"Giftspritze" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Giftspritze", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gesteuerter#88,996Grammatiken#89,016Handstreich#89,044Gasturbinen#88,964

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list