seekrank
[ˈzeːˌkʁaŋk]
The verdict
“seekrank” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an einer durch das Schwanken eines Schiffes aufgrund des Seegangs hervorgerufenen Übelkeit (mit Erbrechen) leidend; von der Seekrankheit befallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-seekrank · seekrank · German
seekrank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | seekrank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzeːˌkʁaŋk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „seekrank“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
seekrank is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzeːˌkʁaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an einer durch das Schwanken eines Schiffes aufgrund des Seegangs hervorgerufenen Übelkeit (mit Erbrechen) leidend; von der Seekrankheit befallen".
seekrank doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is seekrank, spelled S-E-E-K-R-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1an einer durch das Schwanken eines Schiffes aufgrund des Seegangs hervorgerufenen Übelkeit (mit Erbrechen) leidend; von der Seekrankheit befallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seekrank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Damenkabinet liegt eine ſeekranke Frau mit Kind; ruft alle Viertelſtund: cameriere! come ſta?“
„Er war wie seekrank. Er glaubte auf einem Schiff zu sein, das sich in schwerem Seegang befand.“
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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.