Heilkunst

[ˈhaɪ̯lˌkʊnst]

/[ˈhaɪ̯lˌkʊnst]/ noun

The verdict

“Heilkunst” is uncommon German (frequency #71,439 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,439
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der menschlichen (insbesondere ärztlichen) Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten, Krankheiten zu heilen, zu lindern und vorzubeugen

Corpus desk

Index DE-heilkunst · Heilkunst · German

Heilkunst · rank #71,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,439
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH healing

Nearest frequency peer: healing (-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 „Heilkunst“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Heilkunst
PropertyValue
HeadwordHeilkunst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaɪ̯lˌkʊnst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,439
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Heilkunst“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Heilkunstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „healing“ (#71,438), „Hereingabe“ (#71,441), „hauptverantwortlich“ (#71,436). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Heilkunst“ bei #71,439. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Heilkunst is uncommon German at frequency #71,439 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯lˌkʊnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der menschlichen (insbesondere ärztlichen) Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten, Krankheiten zu heilen, zu lindern und vorzubeugen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Heilkunst, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Heilkunst, spelled H-E-I-L-K-U-N-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der menschlichen (insbesondere ärztlichen) Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten, Krankheiten zu heilen, zu lindern und vorzubeugen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es begann mir zu dämmern, daß die Heilkunst durchaus nicht das war, was die Leute sich darunter vorstellten, sondern daß sie etwas sehr Einfaches, tatsächlich zu Einfaches für den gewöhnlichen Verstand war, um sie zu begreifen.“
  2. „Das war keine Heilkunst, eine schlechte Ablenkung war das, weil der Arzt nicht weiterwusste.“

Synonyms

HeilkundeHeilwissenschaftMedizin

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 "Heilkunst"?
"Heilkunst" is spelled H-E-I-L-K-U-N-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaɪ̯lˌkʊnst].
What does "Heilkunst" mean?
As a noun, "Heilkunst" means: Gesamtheit der menschlichen (insbesondere ärztlichen) Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten, Krankheiten zu heilen, zu lindern und vorzubeugen
How do you pronounce "Heilkunst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Heilkunst" is [ˈhaɪ̯lˌkʊnst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Heilkunst" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list