Taucherkrankheit
German, noun[ˈtaʊ̯χɐkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]
Taucherkrankheit is spelled T-A-U-C-H-E-R-K-R-A-N-K-H-E-I-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taucherkrankheit is a German feminine noun meaning “decompression sickness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor allem bei Tauchunfällen auftretende Störung durch zu schnelle Druckentlastung nach Einwirkung von…”.
What does Taucherkrankheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecompression sickness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vor allem bei Tauchunfällen auftretende Störung durch zu schnelle Druckentlastung nach Einwirkung von Überdruck
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Taucherkrankheit
- Taucherkrankheiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Taucherkrankheit?
- [ˈtaʊ̯χɐkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]
- [ˈtaʊ̯xɐˌkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Taucherkrankheit in German?
Taucherkrankheit appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).