Schlaganfall
German, noun/ˈʃlaːkʔanˌfal/
Schlaganfall is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-A-N-F-A-L-L (12 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlaganfall is a German masculine noun meaning “apoplexy, stroke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “akute Erkrankung des Gehirns durch Verschluss eines Blutgefäßes oder Blutung”.
What does Schlaganfall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapoplexy, stroke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. akute Erkrankung des Gehirns durch Verschluss eines Blutgefäßes oder Blutung
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 Schlaganfall
- Schlaganfalles genitive
- Schlaganfalls genitive
- Schlaganfälle plural
- Schlaganfalle dative singular
- Schlaganfällen dative definite plural
- Schlag abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlaganfall?
- /ˈʃlaːkʔanˌfal/
- [ˈʃlaːkʔanˌfal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schlaganfall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schlaganfall in German?
Schlaganfall appears 6.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).