Herzkrankheit
[ˈhɛʁt͡skʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Herzkrankheit” is uncommon German (frequency #69,354 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,354
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - akute oder chronische Entzündungen und Entartungen der einzelnen Teile des Herzens
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzkrankheit · Herzkrankheit · German
Herzkrankheit · rank #69,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,354
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Herzinfarkte
Nearest frequency peer: Herzinfarkte (-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 „Herzkrankheit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- herrühren
herrühren
30,651 corpus weight
- herrührt
herrührt
30,650 corpus weight
- Herzinfarkte
Herzinfarkte
30,648 corpus weight
- Herzkrankhe…
Herzkrankheit
30,647 corpus weight
- hilfreiches
hilfreiches
30,646 corpus weight
- Hilfsliefer…
Hilfslieferungen
30,645 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Herzkrankheit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herzkrankheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡skʁaŋkhaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #69,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herzkrankheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Herzkrankheit is uncommon German at frequency #69,354 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡skʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "akute oder chronische Entzündungen und Entartungen der einzelnen Teile des Herzens".
No misspelling variants are generated for Herzkrankheit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Herzkrankheit, spelled H-E-R-Z-K-R-A-N-K-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1akute oder chronische Entzündungen und Entartungen der einzelnen Teile des Herzens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Herzkrankheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen sind in Industrieländern die häufigsten Todesursachen, allen voran die koronare Herzkrankheit.“
„Untersuchungen haben zudem ergeben, dass es einen Zusammenhang zwischen Ärger und dem Auftreten von Herzkrankheiten sowie Bluthochdruck gibt.“
Synonyms
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.
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