Krankenakte

[ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌʔaktə]

/[ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌʔaktə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Krankenakte” is uncommon German (frequency #57,175 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,175
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Akte (also alle gesammelten Information in einer Mappe zusammengebunden) eines Kranken

Corpus desk

Index DE-krankenakte · Krankenakte · German

Krankenakte · rank #57,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,175
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kosmologie

Nearest frequency peer: Kosmologie (-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 „Krankenakte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krankenakte
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrankenakte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌʔaktə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Krankenakte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Krankenaktefällt 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: „Kosmologie“ (#57,174), „Krüge“ (#57,176), „kontrollierbar“ (#57,173). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Krankenakte“ bei #57,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krankenakte is uncommon German at frequency #57,175 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌʔaktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Akte (also alle gesammelten Information in einer Mappe zusammengebunden) eines Kranken".

Krankenakte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Krankenakte, spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-A-K-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Akte (also alle gesammelten Information in einer Mappe zusammengebunden) eines Kranken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In ihrer heutigen Schicht als Krankenschwester musste sie Krankenakten sortieren.
  2. „Später, als ich nach Amalias Tod ihre Krankenakte zu Gesicht bekam und zurückrechnete, stellte ich fest, dass diese Episode mit dem Zeitpunkt ihrer ersten Krebserkrankung zusammenfiel.“

Synonyms

KrankengeschichtePatientenakte

This word in other languages

dossier médical(Français)

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 "Krankenakte"?
"Krankenakte" is spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-A-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌʔaktə].
What does "Krankenakte" mean?
As a noun, "Krankenakte" means: Akte (also alle gesammelten Information in einer Mappe zusammengebunden) eines Kranken
How do you pronounce "Krankenakte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krankenakte" is [ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌʔaktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Krankenakte" come from?
"Krankenakte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kulturellem#57,177Küstenstadt#57,182Kernaussage#57,146Liebesroman#57,204

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list