Noxe
[ˈnɔksə]
The verdict
“Noxe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ursache, Auslöser für eine Erkrankung, gesundheitsschädlicher Stoff
Corpus desk
Index DE-noxe · Noxe · German
Noxe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Noxe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɔksə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Noxe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Noxe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnɔksə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ursache, Auslöser für eine Erkrankung, gesundheitsschädlicher Stoff".
No misspelling variants are generated for Noxe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Noxe, spelled N-O-X-E.
Definition
- 1Ursache, Auslöser für eine Erkrankung, gesundheitsschädlicher Stoff
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Noxe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir haben uns gezwungen, mit der Atombombe zu leben wie mit der Bevölkerungsexplosion, mit dem Unfallrisiko auf der Straße und den Noxen der industriellen Produktion.“
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.