Parodontose
German, noun/paʁodɔnˈtoːzə/
Parodontose is spelled P-A-R-O-D-O-N-T-O-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parodontose is a German feminine noun meaning “periodentosis (inflammation of soft tissues around one's teeth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung der Parodontitis, einer Erkrankung des Zahnhalteapparates, je nach Schweregrad…”.
What does Parodontose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperiodentosis (inflammation of soft tissues around one's teeth)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung der Parodontitis, einer Erkrankung des Zahnhalteapparates, je nach Schweregrad mit Lockerung der Zähne
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Parodontose
- Parodontosen plural
- Paradentose alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Parodontose?
- /paʁodɔnˈtoːzə/
- [paʁodɔnˈtoːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Parodontose in German?
Parodontose appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).