Pathogenese

[patoɡeˈneːzə]

/[patoɡeˈneːzə]/ noun

The verdict

“Pathogenese” is uncommon German (frequency #77,155 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,155
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beobachtung der Entstehung und des Verlaufs einer körperlichen oder geistigen Erkrankung/Krankheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-pathogenese · Pathogenese · German

Pathogenese · rank #77,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,155
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Patents

Nearest frequency peer: Patents (-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 „Pathogenese“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pathogenese
PropertyValue
HeadwordPathogenese
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[patoɡeˈneːzə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Pathogenese“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pathogenesefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Patents“ (#77,154), „Pastorin“ (#77,153), „Pedalen“ (#77,157). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Pathogenese“ bei #77,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pathogenese is uncommon German at frequency #77,155 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [patoɡeˈneːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beobachtung der Entstehung und des Verlaufs einer körperlichen oder geistigen Erkrankung/Krankheit".

No misspelling variants are generated for Pathogenese in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Pathogenese, spelled P-A-T-H-O-G-E-N-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beobachtung der Entstehung und des Verlaufs einer körperlichen oder geistigen Erkrankung/Krankheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Aufgrund der dokumentierten Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit werden die bisher hypothetischen Vorstellungen über die Pathogenese und den klinischen Verlauf der primären Osteoporose konkret belegt.“
  2. Die Pathogenese der Schizophrenie, einer komplexen psychiatrischen Erkrankung, ist noch ungeklärt.

Antonyms

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 "Pathogenese"?
"Pathogenese" is spelled P-A-T-H-O-G-E-N-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [patoɡeˈneːzə].
What does "Pathogenese" mean?
As a noun, "Pathogenese" means: Beobachtung der Entstehung und des Verlaufs einer körperlichen oder geistigen Erkrankung/Krankheit
How do you pronounce "Pathogenese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pathogenese" is [patoɡeˈneːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pathogenese" come from?
"Pathogenese" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list