Tourniquet
[tʊʁniˈkeː]
The verdict
“Tourniquet” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Drehkreuz an Eingängen
Corpus desk
Index DE-tourniquet · Tourniquet · German
Tourniquet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Tourniquet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʊʁniˈkeː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tourniquet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tourniquet is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʊʁniˈkeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tourniquet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tourniquet, spelled T-O-U-R-N-I-Q-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1Drehkreuz an Eingängen
- 2Medizin: Schlaufe zum Abklemmen von Blutgefäßen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tourniquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn du dann abends das Kino oder das Theater in der Königgrätzer Straße verläßt, wo Čapeks »Aus dem Leben der Insekten« immer noch als die einzige Sensation gespielt wird, strecken sich dir halbe Arme und halbe Beine wie Querhölzer eines Tourniquets entgegen…“
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.