Phantomschmerz
German, noun[fanˈtoːmˌʃmɛʁt͡s]
Phantomschmerz is spelled P-H-A-N-T-O-M-S-C-H-M-E-R-Z (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phantomschmerz is a German masculine noun meaning “phantom pain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Schmerzempfindung in einer amputierten Gliedmaße”.
What does Phantomschmerz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephantom pain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Schmerzempfindung in einer amputierten Gliedmaße
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 Phantomschmerz
- Phantomschmerzes genitive
- Phantomschmerzen plural
- Phantomschmerze dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Phantomschmerz?
- [fanˈtoːmˌʃmɛʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Phantomschmerz in German?
Phantomschmerz appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).