Schwerhörigkeit
[ˈʃveːɐ̯høːʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Schwerhörigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #80,904 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,904
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minderung des Hörvermögens
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwerhorigkeit · Schwerhörigkeit · German
Schwerhörigkeit · rank #80,904 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,904
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwarzbach
Nearest frequency peer: Schwarzbach (-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 „Schwerhörigkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schulgemein…
Schulgemeinde
19,100 corpus weight
- schulten
schulten
19,099 corpus weight
- Schwarzbach
Schwarzbach
19,098 corpus weight
- Schwerhörig…
Schwerhörigkeit
19,097 corpus weight
- scientists
scientists
19,096 corpus weight
- Scirocco
Scirocco
19,095 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schwerhörigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwerhörigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːɐ̯høːʁɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #80,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwerhörigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwerhörigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #80,904 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːɐ̯høːʁɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schwerhörigkeit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schwerhörigkeit, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-H-Ö-R-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Minderung des Hörvermögens
- 2kein Gehör schenkend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwerhörigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Henry Kissinger erinnerte an Schmidts musische Begabung, an sein Klavierspiel. Und daran, dass er gerade deshalb besonders unter seiner Schwerhörigkeit litt, sich aber damit tröstete, auf das Notenblatt zu schauen und so die Musik nicht nur zu lesen, sondern auch hören zu können.“
Du leidest wohl an „Schwerhörigkeit?“
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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