Schüttelfrost
[ˈʃʏtl̩ˌfʁɔst]
The verdict
“Schüttelfrost” is uncommon German (frequency #66,679 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,679
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Begleiterscheinung unterschiedlicher Erkrankungen, bei der man zittert und friert, während das Fieber meist ansteigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schuttelfrost · Schüttelfrost · German
Schüttelfrost · rank #66,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,679
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schömberg
Nearest frequency peer: Schömberg (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schüttelfrost“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schwächeanf…
Schwächeanfall
33,325 corpus weight
- schäbige
schäbige
33,324 corpus weight
- Schömberg
Schömberg
33,323 corpus weight
- Schüttelfro…
Schüttelfrost
33,322 corpus weight
- selbigem
selbigem
33,321 corpus weight
- Selbstbetei…
Selbstbeteiligung
33,320 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schüttelfrost“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schüttelfrost |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏtl̩ˌfʁɔst] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schüttelfrost“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schüttelfrost is uncommon German at frequency #66,679 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʏtl̩ˌfʁɔst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Begleiterscheinung unterschiedlicher Erkrankungen, bei der man zittert und friert, während das Fieber meist ansteigt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schüttelfrost, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schüttelfrost, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-T-E-L-F-R-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1Begleiterscheinung unterschiedlicher Erkrankungen, bei der man zittert und friert, während das Fieber meist ansteigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schüttelfrost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Symptome der Malaria sind hohes, wiederkehrendes bis periodisches Fieber, Schüttelfrost, Beschwerden des Magen-Darm-Trakts und Krämpfe.“
„Er versuchte aufzustehen, aber Schwindel und Schüttelfrost vereitelten seinen Plan.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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