Platzwunde

[ˈplat͡sˌvʊndə]

/[ˈplat͡sˌvʊndə]/ noun

The verdict

“Platzwunde” is uncommon German (frequency #73,891 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,891
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - offene Verletzung der Haut

Corpus desk

Index DE-platzwunde · Platzwunde · German

Platzwunde · rank #73,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,891
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH plains

Nearest frequency peer: plains (-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 „Platzwunde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Platzwunde
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlatzwunde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplat͡sˌvʊndə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,891
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Platzwunde“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Platzwundefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „plains“ (#73,890), „plauderte“ (#73,892), „plunder“ (#73,893). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Platzwunde“ bei #73,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Platzwunde is uncommon German at frequency #73,891 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈplat͡sˌvʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "offene Verletzung der Haut".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Platzwunde, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Platzwunde, spelled P-L-A-T-Z-W-U-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    offene Verletzung der Haut

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er zog sich bei einem Zusammenprall mit einem Mitspieler eine Platzwunde zu.
  2. „Mein liebster Freund kam mit seiner Frau und ihren beiden Töchtern und fünf Minuten, nachdem sie angekommen waren, stürzte seine Frau aus der Hängematte, überschlug sich und hatte eine klaffende Platzwunde am Hinterkopf.“

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); 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 "Platzwunde"?
"Platzwunde" is spelled P-L-A-T-Z-W-U-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplat͡sˌvʊndə].
What does "Platzwunde" mean?
As a noun, "Platzwunde" means: offene Verletzung der Haut
How do you pronounce "Platzwunde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Platzwunde" is [ˈplat͡sˌvʊndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Platzwunde" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list