Toxoplasmose
[tɔksoplasˈmoːzə]
The verdict
“Toxoplasmose” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Krankheit, die von Tieren (speziell Katzen) auf den Menschen übertragen wird, und besonders für noch ungeborene Kinder von schwangeren Frauen gefährlich sein kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-toxoplasmose · Toxoplasmose · German
Toxoplasmose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Toxoplasmose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɔksoplasˈmoːzə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Toxoplasmose“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Toxoplasmose is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tɔksoplasˈmoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Krankheit, die von Tieren (speziell Katzen) auf den Menschen übertragen wird, und besonders für noch ungeborene Kinder von schwangeren Frauen gefährlich sein kann".
Zero misspellings are on record for Toxoplasmose in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Toxoplasmose, spelled T-O-X-O-P-L-A-S-M-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Krankheit, die von Tieren (speziell Katzen) auf den Menschen übertragen wird, und besonders für noch ungeborene Kinder von schwangeren Frauen gefährlich sein kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Toxoplasmose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erst in den 1960er Jahren begriff man, dass Toxoplasmose durch den Kot von Katzen übertragen werden kann.
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.