plötzliche Kindstod
[ˌplœt͡slɪçə ˈkɪnt͡stoːt]
The verdict
“plötzliche Kindstod” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs plötzlicher Kindstod
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plötzliche Kindstod |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌplœt͡slɪçə ˈkɪnt͡stoːt] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plötzliche Kindstod” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for plötzliche Kindstod is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌplœt͡slɪçə ˈkɪnt͡stoːt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs plötzlicher Kindstod".
No misspelling variants are generated for plötzliche Kindstod in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is plötzliche Kindstod, spelled P-L-Ö-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E- -K-I-N-D-S-T-O-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs plötzlicher Kindstod
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is P-L-Ö-T-Z-L-I-C-H-E- -K-I-N-D-S-T-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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