Noma
[ˈnoːma]
The verdict
“Noma” is uncommon German (frequency #88,075 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,075
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entzündung der Wangenschleimhaut, die besonders bei unterernährten oder durch Vorerkrankungen geschwächten Kindern auftritt und unbehandelt meist zum Tode führt
Corpus desk
Index DE-noma · Noma · German
Noma · rank #88,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,075
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nonplusultra
Nearest frequency peer: Nonplusultra (+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 „Noma“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Niederdruck
Niederdruck
11,932 corpus weight
- Noma
Noma
11,926 corpus weight
- Nonplusultra
Nonplusultra
11,925 corpus weight
- normierte
normierte
11,924 corpus weight
- Notariat
Notariat
11,923 corpus weight
- Oberflächen…
Oberflächentemperatur
11,921 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Noma“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Noma |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnoːma] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Noma“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Noma is uncommon German at frequency #88,075 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnoːma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entzündung der Wangenschleimhaut, die besonders bei unterernährten oder durch Vorerkrankungen geschwächten Kindern auftritt und unbehandelt meist zum Tode führt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Noma in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Noma, spelled N-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1Entzündung der Wangenschleimhaut, die besonders bei unterernährten oder durch Vorerkrankungen geschwächten Kindern auftritt und unbehandelt meist zum Tode führt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Noma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Noma ist heute in zahlreichen Ländern Afrikas, Südamerikas und Asiens endemisch.
Schwere Unterernährung bei Kindern trägt in Niger zur Verbreitung der bakteriellen Noma-Erkrankung bei, die sich auf der Mundschleimhaut entwickelt und von dort ausgehend andere Weich- und Knochenteile des Gesichts zerfrisst.
Synonyms
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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