Insektengift
[ɪnˈzɛktn̩ˌɡɪft]
The verdict
“Insektengift” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mittel, das störende Insekten abtötet oder vertreibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-insektengift · Insektengift · German
Insektengift · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | Insektengift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪnˈzɛktn̩ˌɡɪft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Insektengift“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Insektengift is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪnˈzɛktn̩ˌɡɪft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Insektengift, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Insektengift, spelled I-N-S-E-K-T-E-N-G-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1Mittel, das störende Insekten abtötet oder vertreibt
- 2von Insekten produzierte giftige Substanz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Insektengift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lästige Fliege am Fenster? In den Fünfzigerjahren war das Insektengift DDT im Haushalt oft in Griffweite.“
„Er besprühe das Ackerland mit krebserregenden Pflanzenschutzmitteln, imprägniere die Saat bereits vorab mit Insektengift, und was dann noch an Bestäubern überlebe, werde von ihm mit Giften vollends niedergemacht.“
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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.