Kretinismus
German, noun/kʁetiˈnɪsmʊs/
Kretinismus is spelled K-R-E-T-I-N-I-S-M-U-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kretinismus is a German masculine noun meaning “cretinism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “angeborene Schilddrüsenstörung, infolge Jodmangels der Mutter in der Schwangerschaft, mit Schwachsinn, Kropf…”.
What does Kretinismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecretinism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. angeborene Schilddrüsenstörung, infolge Jodmangels der Mutter in der Schwangerschaft, mit Schwachsinn, Kropf und Kleinwuchs verbunden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Kretinismus?
- /kʁetiˈnɪsmʊs/
- [kʁetiˈnɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kretinismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kretinismus in German?
Kretinismus appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).