Todesengel
[ˈtoːdəsˌʔɛŋl̩]
The verdict
“Todesengel” is uncommon German (frequency #90,984 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,984
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Engel, der als Symbol des Todes fungiert und die Seele des Menschen ins Jenseits geleitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-todesengel · Todesengel · German
Todesengel · rank #90,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,984
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Todesanzeigen
Nearest frequency peer: Todesanzeigen (-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 „Todesengel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tischtennis…
Tischtennisplatte
9,021 corpus weight
- Tittenfick
Tittenfick
9,019 corpus weight
- Todesanzeig…
Todesanzeigen
9,018 corpus weight
- Todesengel
Todesengel
9,017 corpus weight
- Tomatensuppe
Tomatensuppe
9,015 corpus weight
- Tonfilm
Tonfilm
9,014 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Todesengel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Todesengel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtoːdəsˌʔɛŋl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Todesengel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Todesengel is uncommon German at frequency #90,984 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtoːdəsˌʔɛŋl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Todesengel has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Todesengel, spelled T-O-D-E-S-E-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein Engel, der als Symbol des Todes fungiert und die Seele des Menschen ins Jenseits geleitet
- 2ein Mensch, der Sterbehilfe leistet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Todesengel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich hatte solche Angst, ich sah schon den Todesengel vor mir!“
„Das besänftigte die Leute meistens — eine Botanikerin, was kann es Harmloseres geben? Dabei war ich für manche von ihnen vielleicht eine Art Todesengel.‘“
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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