Paroxysmus
[paʁɔˈksʏsmʊs]
The verdict
“Paroxysmus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Folge von sich steigernden Vulkanausbrüchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-paroxysmus · Paroxysmus · German
Paroxysmus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Paroxysmus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁɔˈksʏsmʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paroxysmus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paroxysmus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʁɔˈksʏsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Paroxysmus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Paroxysmus, spelled P-A-R-O-X-Y-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Folge von sich steigernden Vulkanausbrüchen
- 2Fieberschub, Ausbruch von Krankheitssymptomen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paroxysmus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während die erste Seite dem Paroxysmus bei Hornito T49 gewidmet ist, zeigen wir hier das einzigartige Spektakel, das Roby Carniel und Marco Fulle zusammen mit sechs anderen Leuten (Wissenschaftler, Fotografen und einheimische Führer unter der Leitung von Fred Belton) während einer unvergesslichen Nacht genossen haben. Am Schluss steht der abklingende Par…
„Mit ihren aufs stärkste individualistischen Tendenzen war die Bohème letztendlich pazifistisch orientiert und stand in schroffem Gegensatz zum Paroxysmus der langen und blutigen napoleonischen Kriege.“
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.