Resistenz
German, noun[ʁezɪsˈtɛnt͡s]
Resistenz is spelled R-E-S-I-S-T-E-N-Z (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resistenz is a German feminine noun meaning “resistance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Widerstandsfähigkeit einfacher Organismen (besonders: Krankheitserreger) gegen bestimmte Substanzen…”.
What does Resistenz mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresistance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Widerstandsfähigkeit einfacher Organismen (besonders: Krankheitserreger) gegen bestimmte Substanzen (besonders: Medikamente) und Einflüsse. 2. Widerstand
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 Resistenz
- Resistenzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Resistenz?
- [ʁezɪsˈtɛnt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Resistenz in German?
Resistenz appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).