pathogen
[patoˈɡeːn]
The verdict
“pathogen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - krank machend; eine Krankheit auslösend
Corpus desk
Index DE-pathogen · pathogen · German
pathogen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | pathogen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [patoˈɡeːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pathogen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pathogen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [patoˈɡeːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "krank machend; eine Krankheit auslösend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pathogen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 pathogen, spelled P-A-T-H-O-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1krank machend; eine Krankheit auslösend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pathogen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Giftstoffe in Kleidung oder Wohnung können sich als pathogen erweisen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.