Narkolepsie
[naʁkolɛˈpsiː]
The verdict
“Narkolepsie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch zwanghafte Schlafanfälle gekennzeichnete, neurologische Erkrankung
Corpus desk
Index DE-narkolepsie · Narkolepsie · German
Narkolepsie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Narkolepsie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [naʁkolɛˈpsiː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Narkolepsie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Narkolepsie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [naʁkolɛˈpsiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch zwanghafte Schlafanfälle gekennzeichnete, neurologische Erkrankung".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Narkolepsie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Narkolepsie, spelled N-A-R-K-O-L-E-P-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1durch zwanghafte Schlafanfälle gekennzeichnete, neurologische Erkrankung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Narkolepsie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Deutschland leiden Schätzungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Schlafmedizin (DGSM) zufolge rund 40.000 Menschen unter Narkolepsie.
Der Patient litt an einer starken Narkolepsie.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.