Halsschmerz
[ˈhalsˌʃmɛʁt͡s]
The verdict
“Halsschmerz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unangenehmes Gefühl (Schmerz) am Hals oder im Rachen aufgrund einer Entzündung
Corpus desk
Index DE-halsschmerz · Halsschmerz · German
Halsschmerz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Halsschmerz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhalsˌʃmɛʁt͡s] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Halsschmerz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Halsschmerz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhalsˌʃmɛʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unangenehmes Gefühl (Schmerz) am Hals oder im Rachen aufgrund einer Entzündung".
Halsschmerz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Halsschmerz, spelled H-A-L-S-S-C-H-M-E-R-Z.
Definition
- 1unangenehmes Gefühl (Schmerz) am Hals oder im Rachen aufgrund einer Entzündung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Halsschmerz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In vielen Fällen verschwinden Halsschmerzen auch ohne Behandlung wieder ganz von selbst.
„Dean hat Halsschmerzen, und sie hustet auch ein wenig.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.