Hypoxie
[hypɔˈksiː]
The verdict
“Hypoxie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sauerstoffmangel im Körpergewebe
Corpus desk
Index DE-hypoxie · Hypoxie · German
Hypoxie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hypoxie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hypɔˈksiː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hypoxie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hypoxie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hypɔˈksiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Hypoxie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hypoxie, spelled H-Y-P-O-X-I-E.
Definition
- 1Sauerstoffmangel im Körpergewebe
- 2das Leben aquatischer Lebewesen beeinträchtigender Mangel an gelöstem Sauerstoff in Gewässern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hypoxie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hypoxie (Sauerstoffmangel) und Unreife sind für mehr als 50 Prozent der Frühsterblichkeit und für eine Vielzahl von Hirnschädigungen verantwortlich.
Eine Untersuchung am Rudolf-Virchow-Universitätsklinikum in Berlin etwa zeigte 1994, dass Sauerstoffmangel, die sogenannte Hypoxie, Visionen provoziert.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.