Schwindsucht
German, noun/ˈʃvɪntˌzʊxt/
Schwindsucht is spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-D-S-U-C-H-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwindsucht is a German feminine noun meaning “tuberculosis, consumption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lungentuberkulose”.
What does Schwindsucht mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininetuberculosis, consumption
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lungentuberkulose
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Schwindsucht?
- /ˈʃvɪntˌzʊxt/
- [ˈʃvɪntˌzʊxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwindsucht in German?
Schwindsucht appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).