morbide
[mɔʁˈbiːdə]
The verdict
“morbide” is uncommon German (frequency #75,987 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,987
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (vor allem in der Medizin) von Personen: (beständig) krank; todesnah, todgeweiht
Corpus desk
Index DE-morbide · morbide · German
morbide · rank #75,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,987
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Monstranz
Nearest frequency peer: Monstranz (-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 „morbide“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Monolith
Monolith
24,016 corpus weight
- Monstranz
Monstranz
24,015 corpus weight
- morbide
morbide
24,014 corpus weight
- Morgenrot
Morgenrot
24,013 corpus weight
- munteren
munteren
24,011 corpus weight
- Musikstücken
Musikstücken
24,010 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „morbide“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morbide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mɔʁˈbiːdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „morbide“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
morbide is uncommon German at frequency #75,987 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɔʁˈbiːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for morbide in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is morbide, spelled M-O-R-B-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1(vor allem in der Medizin) von Personen: (beständig) krank; todesnah, todgeweiht
- 2von Gedanken, Stimmungen, Charakteren usw.: an Tod, Verfall, Untergang, Vergeblichkeit erinnernd, von ihnen beherrscht, auf sie versessen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how morbide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Patient ist morbide im letzten Stadium.
Manche Grufties geben sich morbide, weil das schauerromantische Spiel sie reizt.
This word in other languages
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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