Privatklinik

[pʁiˈvaːtˌkliːnɪk]

/[pʁiˈvaːtˌkliːnɪk]/ noun

The verdict

“Privatklinik” is uncommon German (frequency #62,752 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,752
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Klinik in Privatbesitz (statt in öffentlicher Trägerschaft)

Corpus desk

Index DE-privatklinik · Privatklinik · German

Privatklinik · rank #62,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,752
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH profanen

Nearest frequency peer: profanen (+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 „Privatklinik“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Privatklinik
PropertyValue
HeadwordPrivatklinik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁiˈvaːtˌkliːnɪk]
Letters12
Frequency rank#62,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Privatklinik“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „profanen“ (#62,753), „prequel“ (#62,750), „Preissenkung“ (#62,749). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Privatklinik“ bei #62,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Privatklinik is uncommon German at frequency #62,752 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁiˈvaːtˌkliːnɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Privatklinik, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Privatklinik, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-K-L-I-N-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Klinik in Privatbesitz (statt in öffentlicher Trägerschaft)
  2. 2
    Klinik, deren Leistungen „privat“ vom Patienten bezahlt werden, da diese in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung ausgenommen sind

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Privatkliniken haben eigene Ambulanzen.“
  2. „Nachdem wir eine Nacht lang bei Dunning gesessen und auf den Tod gewartet hatten, wurde die Angelegenheit schließlich einem Arzt übergeben, und Dunning wurde zur Entgiftung in eine Privatklinik gebracht.“

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 "Privatklinik"?
"Privatklinik" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-K-L-I-N-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːtˌkliːnɪk].
What does "Privatklinik" mean?
As a noun, "Privatklinik" means: Klinik in Privatbesitz (statt in öffentlicher Trägerschaft)
How do you pronounce "Privatklinik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Privatklinik" is [pʁiˈvaːtˌkliːnɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Privatklinik" come from?
"Privatklinik" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list