Herzschwäche
[ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə]
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
- hervorbrach…
hervorbrachte
38,399 corpus weight
- hervorgetan
hervorgetan
38,398 corpus weight
- hervorhob
hervorhob
38,397 corpus weight
- Herzschwäche
Herzschwäche
38,396 corpus weight
- Hetz
Hetz
38,395 corpus weight
- Heuberg
Heuberg
38,394 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Herzschwäche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herzschwäche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃvɛçə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herzschwäche“ im Deutschen
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
- 1zu geringe Leistungsfähigkeit des Herzens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Herzschwäche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er sah außerdem, auf dem zweiten Formular, daß Bernhard Kruse an Herzschwäche gestorben sei.“
„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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).