Meningitis

[menɪŋˈɡiːtɪs]

/[menɪŋˈɡiːtɪs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Meningitis” is uncommon German (frequency #56,342 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,342
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hirnhautentzündung, genauer: Entzündung der Pia mater und der Arachnoidea mater

Corpus desk

Index DE-meningitis · Meningitis · German

Meningitis · rank #56,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,342
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Metamorphosen

Nearest frequency peer: Metamorphosen (+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 „Meningitis“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Meningitis
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeningitis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[menɪŋˈɡiːtɪs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,342
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Meningitis“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Meningitisfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Metamorphosen“ (#56,343), „Mehrfamilienhäuser“ (#56,340), „metrische“ (#56,345). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Meningitis“ bei #56,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Meningitis is uncommon German at frequency #56,342 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [menɪŋˈɡiːtɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hirnhautentzündung, genauer: Entzündung der Pia mater und der Arachnoidea mater".

Meningitis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Meningitis, spelled M-E-N-I-N-G-I-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hirnhautentzündung, genauer: Entzündung der Pia mater und der Arachnoidea mater

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Klinisch unterscheidet man jedoch die weitgehend harmlose lymphozytäre Meningitis durch Viren von der hochgefährlichen und unbehandelt fast stets zum Tode führenden eitrigen Meningitis durch Bakterien.
  2. „Pastor lacht glucksend und biegt dabei den Kopf in den Nacken, als litte er an den Symptomen einer akuten Meningitis.“

Synonyms

GehirnhautentzündungHirnhautentzündung

This word in other languages

meningitis(English)meningitis(Español)méningite(Français)meningite(Português)

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 "Meningitis"?
"Meningitis" is spelled M-E-N-I-N-G-I-T-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [menɪŋˈɡiːtɪs].
What does "Meningitis" mean?
As a noun, "Meningitis" means: Hirnhautentzündung, genauer: Entzündung der Pia mater und der Arachnoidea mater
How do you pronounce "Meningitis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Meningitis" is [menɪŋˈɡiːtɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Meningitis" come from?
"Meningitis" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mittelbare#56,354mündlicher#56,372Lehrstunde#56,310Lehrmittel#56,308

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list