Kinderlähmung
German, noun/ˈkɪndɐˌlɛːmʊŋ/
Kinderlähmung is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-L-Ä-H-M-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kinderlähmung is a German feminine noun meaning “polio, poliomyelitis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist epidemisch im Spätsommer bei Kindern und Jugendlichen auftretende virale Infektionskrankheit”.
What does Kinderlähmung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolio, poliomyelitis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist epidemisch im Spätsommer bei Kindern und Jugendlichen auftretende virale Infektionskrankheit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kinderlähmung
- Kinderlähmungen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kinderlähmung?
- /ˈkɪndɐˌlɛːmʊŋ/
- /-ˌleːmʊŋ/
- [ˈkɪndɐˌlɛːmʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kinderlähmung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kinderlähmung in German?
Kinderlähmung appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).