Hirntumor

[ˈhɪʁntuˌmoːɐ̯]

/[ˈhɪʁntuˌmoːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hirntumor” is uncommon German (frequency #57,955 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,955
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschwulst im Gewebe des zentralen Nervensystems

Corpus desk

Index DE-hirntumor · Hirntumor · German

Hirntumor · rank #57,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,955
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hinzusetzen

Nearest frequency peer: hinzusetzen (-2 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 „Hirntumor“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hirntumor
PropertyValue
HeadwordHirntumor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɪʁntuˌmoːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hirntumor“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hinzusetzen“ (#57,953), „Hochofen“ (#57,957), „hingehalten“ (#57,952). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hirntumor“ bei #57,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hirntumor is uncommon German at frequency #57,955 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɪʁntuˌmoːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geschwulst im Gewebe des zentralen Nervensystems".

Hirntumor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hirntumor, spelled H-I-R-N-T-U-M-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Geschwulst im Gewebe des zentralen Nervensystems

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Frank und sein Hirntumor waren keine Freunde.

Synonyms

GehirngeschwulstGehirntumor

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 "Hirntumor"?
"Hirntumor" is spelled H-I-R-N-T-U-M-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪʁntuˌmoːɐ̯].
What does "Hirntumor" mean?
As a noun, "Hirntumor" means: Geschwulst im Gewebe des zentralen Nervensystems
How do you pronounce "Hirntumor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hirntumor" is [ˈhɪʁntuˌmoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hirntumor" come from?
"Hirntumor" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Hügelland#57,971Harnstoff#57,934Gästebuch#57,927Golfkrieg#57,918

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list