Knochenschwund
German, noun
Knochenschwund is spelled K-N-O-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-W-U-N-D (14 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knochenschwund is a German masculine noun meaning “osteoporosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Knochenschwund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineosteoporosis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Knochenschwund
- Knochenschwundes genitive
- Knochenschwunds genitive
- Knochenschwunde dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knochenschwund?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Knochenschwund in German?
Knochenschwund appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).