scabies
The verdict
“scabies” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rauhigkeit der Haut mit Juckreiz; Räude, Krätze
Corpus desk
Index DE-scabies · scabies · German
scabies · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | scabies |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „scabies“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
scabies is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for scabies in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is scabies, spelled S-C-A-B-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Rauhigkeit der Haut mit Juckreiz; Räude, Krätze
- 2Schorf
- 3Veränderung der Oberfläche durch Korrosion; Rauhigkeit, Schäbigkeit
- 4Kinderspiel, wahrscheinlich eine Art Fangspiel, bei dem scabies gerufen wurde
- 5(ungesundes) Verlangen nach etwas; Reiz, Juckreiz, Wollustreiz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scabies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„scabiem pecori et iumentis caveto: id ex fame et si impluit fieri solet.“ (Cato agr. 5,7)
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.