Hypothalamus
[hypoˈtaːlamʊs]
The verdict
“Hypothalamus” is uncommon German (frequency #74,720 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,720
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil des Zwischenhirns zur Steuerung der vegetativen Funktionen des Körpers
Corpus desk
Index DE-hypothalamus · Hypothalamus · German
Hypothalamus · rank #74,720 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,720
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hämatom
Nearest frequency peer: Hämatom (+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 „Hypothalamus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Honigbiene
Honigbiene
25,285 corpus weight
- horchen
horchen
25,284 corpus weight
- Hypothalamus
Hypothalamus
25,281 corpus weight
- Hämatom
Hämatom
25,279 corpus weight
- hörende
hörende
25,278 corpus weight
- Hüterin
Hüterin
25,277 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hypothalamus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hypothalamus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hypoˈtaːlamʊs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hypothalamus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hypothalamus is uncommon German at frequency #74,720 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [hypoˈtaːlamʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teil des Zwischenhirns zur Steuerung der vegetativen Funktionen des Körpers".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hypothalamus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Hypothalamus, spelled H-Y-P-O-T-H-A-L-A-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Teil des Zwischenhirns zur Steuerung der vegetativen Funktionen des Körpers
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hypothalamus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bislang gingen Forscher davon aus, dass eine spezialisierte Gehirnregion im so genannten Hypothalamus je nach Tageszeit bestimmte Gene ein- oder ausschaltet.“
„Verspielte Katzen verwandelten sie von einem Augenblick zum andern durch Stimulierung ihres lateralen Hypothalamus in wilde Tiger und dann ebenso plötzlich wieder in schnurrende Kätzchen.“
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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