Strychnin
[ʃtʁɪçˈniːn]
The verdict
“Strychnin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - toxisches Alkaloid, das aus dem Samen der Brechnuss gewonnen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-strychnin · Strychnin · German
Strychnin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Strychnin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃtʁɪçˈniːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Strychnin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Strychnin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃtʁɪçˈniːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "toxisches Alkaloid, das aus dem Samen der Brechnuss gewonnen wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Strychnin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Strychnin, spelled S-T-R-Y-C-H-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1toxisches Alkaloid, das aus dem Samen der Brechnuss gewonnen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Strychnin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei Leberschäden kann der Wirkstoff Strychnin nicht ausreichend abgebaut werden, sammelt sich im Organismus an und führt zu Vergiftungen.“
„Holmes behauptet, er habe zufällig gehört, wie ich ihn gewarnt hätte, mehr als zwei Tropfen Rizinusöl zu nehmen, während ich ihm gleichzeitig Strychnin in großen Dosen als Beruhigungsmittel empfahl.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.