Pankreas

[ˈpankʁeas]

/[ˈpankʁeas]/ noun

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The verdict

“Pankreas” is uncommon German (frequency #85,672 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,672
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exokrine, Verdauungsenzyme produzierende, dem Stoffwechsel dienende und endokrine, zur Regulation des Glukosehaushaltes Hormone ausschüttende Drüse

Corpus desk

Index DE-pankreas · Pankreas · German

Pankreas · rank #85,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,672
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pappenheimer

Nearest frequency peer: Pappenheimer (+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 „Pankreas“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pankreas“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pankreas
PropertyValue
HeadwordPankreas
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpankʁeas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,672
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pankreas“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Pankreasfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pappenheimer“ (#85,673), „Palau“ (#85,670), „Passepartout“ (#85,674). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pankreas“ bei #85,672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pankreas is uncommon German at frequency #85,672 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpankʁeas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "exokrine, Verdauungsenzyme produzierende, dem Stoffwechsel dienende und endokrine, zur Regulation des Glukosehaushaltes Hormone ausschüttende Drüse".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pankreas, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pankreas, spelled P-A-N-K-R-E-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    exokrine, Verdauungsenzyme produzierende, dem Stoffwechsel dienende und endokrine, zur Regulation des Glukosehaushaltes Hormone ausschüttende Drüse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Pankreas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Pankreas ist 80-120 g schwer und ca. 20 cm lang.
  2. Merke: Das Pankreas gliedert sich in Kopf (mit Processus uncinatus), Körper und Schwanz. Der Schwanz "leckt am Milz-Hilum".

Synonyms

Bauchspeicheldrüse

This word in other languages

pancreas(English)páncreas(Español)pancréas(Français)pâncreas(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pankreas"?
"Pankreas" is spelled P-A-N-K-R-E-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpankʁeas].
What does "Pankreas" mean?
As a noun, "Pankreas" means: exokrine, Verdauungsenzyme produzierende, dem Stoffwechsel dienende und endokrine, zur Regulation des Glukosehaushaltes Hormone ausschüttende Drüse
How do you pronounce "Pankreas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pankreas" is [ˈpankʁeas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pankreas" come from?
"Pankreas" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pankreas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list