Marasmus
German, noun/maˈʁasmus/
Marasmus is spelled M-A-R-A-S-M-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marasmus is a German masculine noun meaning “marasmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fortschreitender Verfall der körperlichen und geistigen Kräfte, durch Alter, Krankheit oder Mangelernährung…”.
What does Marasmus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarasmus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fortschreitender Verfall der körperlichen und geistigen Kräfte, durch Alter, Krankheit oder Mangelernährung; Eiweiß- und Energiemangel 2. Verlust an Kraft; Verfall
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Marasmus
- Marasmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Marasmus?
- /maˈʁasmus/
- [maˈʁasmus]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Marasmus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Marasmus in German?
Marasmus appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).