Gürtelrose
German, noun/ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌʁoːzə/
Gürtelrose is spelled G-Ü-R-T-E-L-R-O-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gürtelrose is a German feminine noun meaning “shingles (herpes zoster)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Viruserkrankung, die sich durch schmerzhaften Hautausschlag mit Blasen bemerkbar macht”.
What does Gürtelrose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshingles (herpes zoster)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Viruserkrankung, die sich durch schmerzhaften Hautausschlag mit Blasen bemerkbar macht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Gürtelrose?
- /ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌʁoːzə/
- [ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌʁoːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gürtelrose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gürtelrose in German?
Gürtelrose appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).