Herzschwäche

[ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə]

/[ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə]/ noun

The verdict

“Herzschwäche” is uncommon German (frequency #61,605 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,605
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu geringe Leistungsfähigkeit des Herzens

Corpus desk

Index DE-herzschwache · Herzschwäche · German

Herzschwäche · rank #61,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,605
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hervorhob

Nearest frequency peer: hervorhob (-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 „Herzschwäche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Herzschwäche
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerzschwäche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#61,605
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Herzschwäche“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Herzschwächefällt 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: „hervorhob“ (#61,604), „Hetz“ (#61,606), „hervorgetan“ (#61,603). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Herzschwäche“ bei #61,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Herzschwäche is uncommon German at frequency #61,605 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu geringe Leistungsfähigkeit des Herzens".

Herzschwäche has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Herzschwäche, spelled H-E-R-Z-S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu geringe Leistungsfähigkeit des Herzens

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er sah außerdem, auf dem zweiten Formular, daß Bernhard Kruse an Herzschwäche gestorben sei.“
  2. „Am 6. Januar fühlte sich Wilhelm Busch plötzlich sehr schlecht, am siebenten konstatierte der Arzt große Herzschwäche, am 9. Januar 1908 starb er ruhig, ohne leiden zu müssen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Herzschwäche"?
"Herzschwäche" is spelled H-E-R-Z-S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə].
What does "Herzschwäche" mean?
As a noun, "Herzschwäche" means: zu geringe Leistungsfähigkeit des Herzens
How do you pronounce "Herzschwäche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herzschwäche" is [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Herzschwäche" come from?
"Herzschwäche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list