Nephrologie
[nefʁoloˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Nephrologie” 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) - Wissenschaft von der Morphologie, den Funktionen und Erkrankungen der Niere
Corpus desk
Index DE-nephrologie · Nephrologie · German
Nephrologie · 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 | Nephrologie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nefʁoloˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nephrologie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nephrologie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [nefʁoloˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaft von der Morphologie, den Funktionen und Erkrankungen der Niere".
Zero misspellings are on record for Nephrologie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Nephrologie, spelled N-E-P-H-R-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft von der Morphologie, den Funktionen und Erkrankungen der Niere
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nephrologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Attraktivität der Nephrologie begründet sich heute vor allem auf den zukunftsweisenden neuen Entwicklungen auf klinischem und wissenschaftlichem Gebiet.
In der Geschichte der klinischen Medizin ist die Nephrologie eine vergleichsweise relativ junge Disziplin, obwohl PhysiologInnen [sic] die Nierenfunktion und klinisch tätige ÄrztInnen [sic] Nierenerkrankungen bereits seit vielen Jahrhunderten beobachtet und beschrieben haben.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.