Reanimation

[ʁeʔanimaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[ʁeʔanimaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Reanimation” is uncommon German (frequency #59,106 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,106
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wiederbelebung erloschener Lebensfunktionen durch künstliche Beatmung, Herzmassage oder ähnliche Maßnahmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-reanimation · Reanimation · German

Reanimation · rank #59,106 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,106
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH rausfliegen

Nearest frequency peer: rausfliegen (-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 „Reanimation“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Reanimation
PropertyValue
HeadwordReanimation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁeʔanimaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#59,106
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Reanimation“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Reanimationfällt 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: „rausfliegen“ (#59,105), „rauchfrei“ (#59,104), „Referendar“ (#59,108). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Reanimation“ bei #59,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Reanimation is uncommon German at frequency #59,106 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁeʔanimaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wiederbelebung erloschener Lebensfunktionen durch künstliche Beatmung, Herzmassage oder ähnliche Maßnahmen".

Reanimation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Reanimation, spelled R-E-A-N-I-M-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wiederbelebung erloschener Lebensfunktionen durch künstliche Beatmung, Herzmassage oder ähnliche Maßnahmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Nach erfolgreicher Reanimation, etwa durch Herzmassage, erwachen die Patienten wieder aus ihrem Totenschlaf.“

Synonyms

Herz-Lungen-WiederbelebungWiederbelebung

This word in other languages

reanimation(English)

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 "Reanimation"?
"Reanimation" is spelled R-E-A-N-I-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeʔanimaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Reanimation" mean?
As a noun, "Reanimation" means: Wiederbelebung erloschener Lebensfunktionen durch künstliche Beatmung, Herzmassage oder ähnliche Maßnahmen
How do you pronounce "Reanimation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reanimation" is [ʁeʔanimaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reanimation" come from?
"Reanimation" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rausfliegen#59,105Regionalzug#59,111rheinischer#59,117publication#59,094

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list