Krebsleiden

[ˈkʁeːpsˌlaɪ̯dn̩]

/[ˈkʁeːpsˌlaɪ̯dn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Krebsleiden” is uncommon German (frequency #94,519 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,519
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Krankheit oder Gebrechen, das durch Krebs verursacht wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-krebsleiden · Krebsleiden · German

Krebsleiden · rank #94,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,519
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kreisläufer

Nearest frequency peer: Kreisläufer (+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 „Krebsleiden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Krebsleiden
PropertyValue
HeadwordKrebsleiden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkʁeːpsˌlaɪ̯dn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,519
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Krebsleiden“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Krebsleidenfällt 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: „Kreisläufer“ (#94,520), „Kraftfutter“ (#94,517), „Kriegswirren“ (#94,521). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Krebsleiden“ bei #94,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Krebsleiden is uncommon German at frequency #94,519 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʁeːpsˌlaɪ̯dn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Krankheit oder Gebrechen, das durch Krebs verursacht wird".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Krebsleiden, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Krebsleiden, spelled K-R-E-B-S-L-E-I-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Krankheit oder Gebrechen, das durch Krebs verursacht wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sein Großvater starb letztes Jahr an einem Krebsleiden.
  2. „Kurz darauf starb der frühere Rebell in einem Moskauer Krankenhaus, wo er wegen eines Krebsleidens behandelt wurde.“

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 "Krebsleiden"?
"Krebsleiden" is spelled K-R-E-B-S-L-E-I-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkʁeːpsˌlaɪ̯dn̩].
What does "Krebsleiden" mean?
As a noun, "Krebsleiden" means: Krankheit oder Gebrechen, das durch Krebs verursacht wird
How do you pronounce "Krebsleiden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Krebsleiden" is [ˈkʁeːpsˌlaɪ̯dn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Kreisläufer#94,520Kraftfutter#94,517Landesvater#94,534Kolloquiums#94,502

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list