Rinderwahn
[ˈʁɪndɐˌvaːn]
The verdict
“Rinderwahn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prionenerkrankung bei Rindern, gehört zu den subakuten spongiformen Enzephalopathien, welche zu einer schwammartigen Degeneration des Gehirns führen. Der Verlauf ist langsam und immer tödlich.
Corpus desk
Index DE-rinderwahn · Rinderwahn · German
Rinderwahn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rinderwahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪndɐˌvaːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rinderwahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rinderwahn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪndɐˌvaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prionenerkrankung bei Rindern, gehört zu den subakuten spongiformen Enzephalopathien, welche zu einer schwammartigen Degeneration des Gehirns führen. Der Verlauf ist langsam und immer tödlich.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rinderwahn in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Rinderwahn, spelled R-I-N-D-E-R-W-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1Prionenerkrankung bei Rindern, gehört zu den subakuten spongiformen Enzephalopathien, welche zu einer schwammartigen Degeneration des Gehirns führen. Der Verlauf ist langsam und immer tödlich.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rinderwahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vom Rinderwahn spricht heute keiner mehr.
„Der Rinderwahn kam aus England und wütete einige Jahre, bevor er sich in Luft auflöste.“
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.