Sonnenstich
[ˈzɔnənˌʃtɪç]
The verdict
“Sonnenstich” is uncommon German (frequency #83,312 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,312
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine sehr ernsthafte Gesundheitsstörung, die durch lang andauernde direkte Sonneneinstrahlung auf den Kopf und Nackenbereich entsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-sonnenstich · Sonnenstich · German
Sonnenstich · rank #83,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,312
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sonnenstand
Nearest frequency peer: Sonnenstand (-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 „Sonnenstich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sonata
sonata
16,693 corpus weight
- Sonderposten
Sonderposten
16,692 corpus weight
- sonen
sonen
16,691 corpus weight
- Sonnenstand
Sonnenstand
16,690 corpus weight
- Sonnenstich
Sonnenstich
16,689 corpus weight
- Sortiments
Sortiments
16,687 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sonnenstich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sonnenstich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔnənˌʃtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sonnenstich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sonnenstich is uncommon German at frequency #83,312 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔnənˌʃtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine sehr ernsthafte Gesundheitsstörung, die durch lang andauernde direkte Sonneneinstrahlung auf den Kopf und Nackenbereich entsteht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sonnenstich, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Sonnenstich, spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-S-T-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine sehr ernsthafte Gesundheitsstörung, die durch lang andauernde direkte Sonneneinstrahlung auf den Kopf und Nackenbereich entsteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sonnenstich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Der Sonnenstich äußert sich durch Schwindel, Übelkeit, die zum Erbrechen führen kann, und Nackenschmerzen bis hin zu Nackensteifigkeit (Meningismus)."
„Mittags mußte man im Schatten liegen, wenn man sich keinen Sonnenbrand holen wollte oder einen Hitzschlag oder einen Sonnenstich.“
Synonyms
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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