Magersucht
[ˈmaːɡɐˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Magersucht” is uncommon German (frequency #53,061 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,061
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - psychische Essstörung, bei der der Patient zu wenig Nahrung aufnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-magersucht · Magersucht · German
Magersucht · rank #53,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,061
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Madrider
Nearest frequency peer: Madrider (-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 „Magersucht“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Lüchow
Lüchow
46,943 corpus weight
- machende
machende
46,942 corpus weight
- Madrider
Madrider
46,941 corpus weight
- Magersucht
Magersucht
46,940 corpus weight
- malus
malus
46,939 corpus weight
- Mangelernäh…
Mangelernährung
46,938 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Magersucht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magersucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaːɡɐˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Magersucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Magersucht is uncommon German at frequency #53,061 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaːɡɐˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "psychische Essstörung, bei der der Patient zu wenig Nahrung aufnimmt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Magersucht, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Magersucht, spelled M-A-G-E-R-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1psychische Essstörung, bei der der Patient zu wenig Nahrung aufnimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Magersucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit ihrer Pubertät leidet sie an Magersucht.
„Das erste Beispiel eines Kindes, das von einem Tag auf den anderen der Magersucht verfällt.“
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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.
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