Herzversagen
[ˈhɛʁt͡sfɛɐ̯ˌzaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Herzversagen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,559 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,559
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stillstand, Unterbrechung oder starke Verminderung der Herztätigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-herzversagen · Herzversagen · German
Herzversagen · rank #50,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,559
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hervorhebt
Nearest frequency peer: hervorhebt (-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 „Herzversagen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Herrscherin
Herrscherin
49,445 corpus weight
- hervorhebt
hervorhebt
49,443 corpus weight
- Herzversagen
Herzversagen
49,442 corpus weight
- Heubach
Heubach
49,441 corpus weight
- heuchlerisch
heuchlerisch
49,440 corpus weight
- heulend
heulend
49,439 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Herzversagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herzversagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛʁt͡sfɛɐ̯ˌzaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herzversagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Herzversagen is uncommon German at frequency #50,559 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛʁt͡sfɛɐ̯ˌzaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stillstand, Unterbrechung oder starke Verminderung der Herztätigkeit".
Herzversagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Herzversagen, spelled H-E-R-Z-V-E-R-S-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Stillstand, Unterbrechung oder starke Verminderung der Herztätigkeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Herzversagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er starb am 6. August 1969 in der Schweiz an Herzversagen.“
Synonyms
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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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