Ulkus
[ˈʊlkʊs]
The verdict
“Ulkus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschwür der Haut oder Schleimhaut
Corpus desk
Index DE-ulkus · Ulkus · German
Ulkus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | Ulkus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊlkʊs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ulkus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ulkus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊlkʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geschwür der Haut oder Schleimhaut".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ulkus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Ulkus, spelled U-L-K-U-S.
Definition
- 1Geschwür der Haut oder Schleimhaut
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ulkus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das am häufigsten vorkommende Unterschenkelgeschwür ist das venöse Ulkus, in der Fachsprache als Ulcus cruris venosum bezeichnet.“
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.