Toxikologe
[tɔksikoˈloːɡə]
The verdict
“Toxikologe” 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) - jemand, der Gift- beziehungsweise Schadstoffe erforscht, unter anderem deren Wirkungsweise auf Organismen und Ökosysteme
Corpus desk
Index DE-toxikologe · Toxikologe · German
Toxikologe · 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 | Toxikologe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɔksikoˈloːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Toxikologe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Toxikologe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɔksikoˈloːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der Gift- beziehungsweise Schadstoffe erforscht, unter anderem deren Wirkungsweise auf Organismen und Ökosysteme".
Zero misspellings are on record for Toxikologe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Toxikologe, spelled T-O-X-I-K-O-L-O-G-E.
Definition
- 1jemand, der Gift- beziehungsweise Schadstoffe erforscht, unter anderem deren Wirkungsweise auf Organismen und Ökosysteme
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Toxikologe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die einst so hoch gelobte Nanotechnik ist längst nicht mehr unumstritten. Allmählich mehren sich Hinweise von Toxikologen, wonach viele Wundermaterialien der Nanowelt für Organismen schädlich sein könnten.“
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.