Trunksucht
[ˈtʁʊŋkˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Trunksucht” 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) - zwanghafter Genuss alkoholischer Getränke
Corpus desk
Index DE-trunksucht · Trunksucht · German
Trunksucht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Trunksucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtʁʊŋkˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trunksucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trunksucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁʊŋkˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zwanghafter Genuss alkoholischer Getränke".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Trunksucht, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Trunksucht, spelled T-R-U-N-K-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1zwanghafter Genuss alkoholischer Getränke
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trunksucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Neben Klischees betonten die antiken Autoren gerne das Ungewöhnliche, Fremde und Exotische — so zum Beispiel die Trunksucht der Kelten.“
„Denn die Kolonialherren sorgten auch für die Verbreitung von Trunksucht und Tripper.“
Synonyms
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.