Histamin
[hɪstaˈmiːn]
The verdict
“Histamin” is uncommon German (frequency #67,330 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,330
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewebshormon und biogenes Amin, das besonders häufig in den Gewebsmastzellen der Haut, Muskulatur und Lunge vorkommt
Corpus desk
Index DE-histamin · Histamin · German
Histamin · rank #67,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,330
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hinzukriegen
Nearest frequency peer: hinzukriegen (-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 „Histamin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hinterwäldl…
Hinterwäldler
32,673 corpus weight
- hinzukriegen
hinzukriegen
32,672 corpus weight
- Histamin
Histamin
32,671 corpus weight
- hoheitliche
hoheitliche
32,670 corpus weight
- Holbein
Holbein
32,669 corpus weight
- Holunder
Holunder
32,668 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Histamin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Histamin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɪstaˈmiːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Histamin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Histamin is uncommon German at frequency #67,330 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɪstaˈmiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gewebshormon und biogenes Amin, das besonders häufig in den Gewebsmastzellen der Haut, Muskulatur und Lunge vorkommt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Histamin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Histamin, spelled H-I-S-T-A-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Gewebshormon und biogenes Amin, das besonders häufig in den Gewebsmastzellen der Haut, Muskulatur und Lunge vorkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Histamin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Histamin wirkt gefäßerweiternd.
This word in other languages
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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