Lyssa
German, noun/ˈlʏsa/
Lyssa is spelled L-Y-S-S-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lyssa is a German feminine noun meaning “rabies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch einen Virus verursachte Krankheit bei Tieren, insbesondere bei Hunden und Füchsen”.
What does Lyssa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerabies
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch einen Virus verursachte Krankheit bei Tieren, insbesondere bei Hunden und Füchsen
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 Lyssa?
- /ˈlʏsa/
- [ˈlʏsa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lyssa in German?
Lyssa appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).