Pestepidemie
[ˈpɛstʔepideˌmiː]
The verdict
“Pestepidemie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - massenhaftes Auftreten der Pest innerhalb einer Population
Corpus desk
Index DE-pestepidemie · Pestepidemie · German
Pestepidemie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Pestepidemie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɛstʔepideˌmiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pestepidemie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pestepidemie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɛstʔepideˌmiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "massenhaftes Auftreten der Pest innerhalb einer Population".
Pestepidemie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Pestepidemie, spelled P-E-S-T-E-P-I-D-E-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1massenhaftes Auftreten der Pest innerhalb einer Population
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pestepidemie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die jiddische Sprache wurde geboren in den Judenpogromen durch die Kreuzfahrer und den Blutprozessen zur Zeit der Pestepidemien, an denen man Juden die Schuld gab.“
„Die Pestepidemien, die von 1347 bis 1353 in Europa wüteten (»Schwarzer Tod«), bedeuteten einen einschneidenden Wendepunkt für die Juden in Deutschland.“
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.