Querschnittlähmung
German, noun/ˈkveːɐ̯ʃnɪtlɛːmʊŋ/
Querschnittlähmung is spelled Q-U-E-R-S-C-H-N-I-T-T-L-Ä-H-M-U-N-G (18 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Querschnittlähmung is a German feminine noun meaning “paraplegia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kombination von Symptomen, die bei Unterbrechung der Nervenleitung im Rückenmark auftreten”.
What does Querschnittlähmung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparaplegia
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kombination von Symptomen, die bei Unterbrechung der Nervenleitung im Rückenmark auftreten
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 Querschnittlähmung
- Querschnittlähmungen plural
- Querschnittslähmung alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Querschnittlähmung?
- /ˈkveːɐ̯ʃnɪtlɛːmʊŋ/
- [ˈkveːɐ̯ˌʃnɪtˌlɛːmʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Querschnittlähmung in German?
Querschnittlähmung appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).