Schwindsucht
[ˈʃvɪntˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Schwindsucht” is uncommon German (frequency #87,035 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,035
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lungentuberkulose
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwindsucht · Schwindsucht · German
Schwindsucht · rank #87,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,035
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schweizers
Nearest frequency peer: Schweizers (-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 „Schwindsucht“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schwarzwild
Schwarzwild
12,970 corpus weight
- schweigenden
schweigenden
12,969 corpus weight
- Schweizers
Schweizers
12,967 corpus weight
- Schwindsucht
Schwindsucht
12,966 corpus weight
- Schwätzchen
Schwätzchen
12,964 corpus weight
- Schönwald
Schönwald
12,963 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schwindsucht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwindsucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɪntˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #87,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwindsucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwindsucht is uncommon German at frequency #87,035 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɪntˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lungentuberkulose".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schwindsucht, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schwindsucht, spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-D-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Lungentuberkulose
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwindsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Giuseppe Verdi lässt seine Titelheldin Violetta in der Oper „La Traviata“ an Schwindsucht leiden und sterben.
„Denk mal pausenlos daran, daß schon Millionen Menschen an der Schwindsucht gestorben sind.“
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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