Rippenfraktur
German, noun[ˈʁɪpn̩fʁakˌtuːɐ̯]
Rippenfraktur is spelled R-I-P-P-E-N-F-R-A-K-T-U-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written German, the 428,887th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rippenfraktur is a German feminine noun meaning “rib fracture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Rippenfraktur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerib fracture
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Rippenfraktur
- Rippenfrakturen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rippenfraktur?
- [ˈʁɪpn̩fʁakˌtuːɐ̯]
- [ˈʁɪpm̩̩fʁakˌtuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rippenfraktur in German?
Rippenfraktur appears about once in every 50 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).