Schweineinfluenza
[ˈʃvaɪ̯nəʔɪnfluˌɛnt͡sa]
The verdict
“Schweineinfluenza” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - akut verlaufende Infektionskrankheit der Atemwege bei Hausschweinen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schweineinfluenza · Schweineinfluenza · German
Schweineinfluenza · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Schweineinfluenza |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaɪ̯nəʔɪnfluˌɛnt͡sa] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schweineinfluenza“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schweineinfluenza is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaɪ̯nəʔɪnfluˌɛnt͡sa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "akut verlaufende Infektionskrankheit der Atemwege bei Hausschweinen".
Schweineinfluenza doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schweineinfluenza, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-N-E-I-N-F-L-U-E-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1akut verlaufende Infektionskrankheit der Atemwege bei Hausschweinen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schweineinfluenza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schweineinfluenza wurde erstmals während der Grippepandemie 1918/19 in den USA diagnostiziert, wobei von Anfang an Beziehungen zwischen Infektionen bei Menschen und Tieren deutlich wurden.
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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.