therapeutischer Clown

[ˌteʁaˌpɔɪ̯tɪʃɐ ˈklaʊ̯n]

/[ˌteʁaˌpɔɪ̯tɪʃɐ ˈklaʊ̯n]/ phrase

The verdict

“therapeutischer Clown” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — therapeutisch speziell angelernte Person, die, in der Rolle eines Clowns, in Einrichtungen des Gesundheits- (Krankenhäuser, Psychiatrien) und Pflegewesens (Altenheime, Hospize, Pflegeheime) die Pat...

Key facts for therapeutischer Clown
PropertyValue
Headwordtherapeutischer Clown
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌteʁaˌpɔɪ̯tɪʃɐ ˈklaʊ̯n]
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “therapeutischer Clown” sits in German frequency

therapeutischer Clown falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for therapeutischer Clown is 21 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌteʁaˌpɔɪ̯tɪʃɐ ˈklaʊ̯n]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "therapeutisch speziell angelernte Person, die, in der Rolle eines Clowns, in Einrichtungen des Gesundheits- (Krankenhäuser, Psychiatrien) und Pflegewesens (Altenheime, Hospize, Pflegeheime) die Pat...".

No misspelling variants are generated for therapeutischer Clown in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is therapeutischer Clown, spelled T-H-E-R-A-P-E-U-T-I-S-C-H-E-R- -C-L-O-W-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    therapeutisch speziell angelernte Person, die, in der Rolle eines Clowns, in Einrichtungen des Gesundheits- (Krankenhäuser, Psychiatrien) und Pflegewesens (Altenheime, Hospize, Pflegeheime) die Patienten und (Pflege- und Altenheim-)Bewohner regelmäßig humoristisch betreut, um ihre Heilung und/oder ihr Befinden zu begünstigen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "therapeutischer Clown"?
"therapeutischer Clown" is spelled T-H-E-R-A-P-E-U-T-I-S-C-H-E-R- -C-L-O-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌteʁaˌpɔɪ̯tɪʃɐ ˈklaʊ̯n].
What does "therapeutischer Clown" mean?
As a phrase, "therapeutischer Clown" means: therapeutisch speziell angelernte Person, die, in der Rolle eines Clowns, in Einrichtungen des Gesundheits- (Krankenhäuser, Psychiatrien) und Pflegewesens (Altenheime, Hospize, Pflegeheime) die Pat...
How do you pronounce "therapeutischer Clown"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "therapeutischer Clown" is [ˌteʁaˌpɔɪ̯tɪʃɐ ˈklaʊ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “therapeutischer Clown”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is T-H-E-R-A-P-E-U-T-I-S-C-H-E-R- -C-L-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌteʁaˌpɔɪ̯tɪʃɐ ˈklaʊ̯n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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