Internist

[ɪntɐˈnɪst]

/[ɪntɐˈnɪst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Internist” is uncommon German (frequency #61,631 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,631
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Facharzt für die Innere Medizin

Corpus desk

Index DE-internist · Internist · German

Internist · rank #61,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,631
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Internetforen

Nearest frequency peer: Internetforen (-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 „Internist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Internist
PropertyValue
HeadwordInternist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪntɐˈnɪst]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,631
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Internist“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Internetforen“ (#61,630), „interviewten“ (#61,632), „Insidern“ (#61,629). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Internist“ bei #61,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Internist is uncommon German at frequency #61,631 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪntɐˈnɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Facharzt für die Innere Medizin".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Internist in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Internist, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Facharzt für die Innere Medizin

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „In Deutschland etabliert sich eine kassentechnisch bedingte Aufspaltung in eine fachärztliche und eine hausärztliche Domäne, die mit empfindlichen Einschränkungen des Kompetenzbereichs hausärztlich tätiger Internisten einhergeht.“
  2. „Als Internist und Nephrologe an der Berliner Charité wurde er vielfach beratend hinzugezogen, wenn bei einer Frau während der Schwangerschaft gesundheitliche Probleme auftraten.“

This word in other languages

internist(English)

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 "Internist"?
"Internist" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪntɐˈnɪst].
What does "Internist" mean?
As a noun, "Internist" means: Facharzt für die Innere Medizin
How do you pronounce "Internist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Internist" is [ɪntɐˈnɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Internist" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

innerstes#61,627Indochina#61,624illegalem#61,623Kameruner#61,652

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list