Veterinärmedizin

[vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯mediˌt͡siːn]

/[vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯mediˌt͡siːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Veterinärmedizin” is uncommon German (frequency #65,838 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,838
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehre von den Krankheiten der Tiere und deren Behandlung

Corpus desk

Index DE-veterinarmedizin · Veterinärmedizin · German

Veterinärmedizin · rank #65,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,838
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verzweigte

Nearest frequency peer: verzweigte (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Veterinärmedizin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Veterinärmedizin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Veterinärmedizin
PropertyValue
HeadwordVeterinärmedizin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯mediˌt͡siːn]
Letters16
Frequency rank#65,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Veterinärmedizin“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Veterinärmedizinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verzweigte“ (#65,837), „vierhundert“ (#65,839), „Verwesung“ (#65,836). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Veterinärmedizin“ bei #65,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Veterinärmedizin is uncommon German at frequency #65,838 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯mediˌt͡siːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lehre von den Krankheiten der Tiere und deren Behandlung".

Veterinärmedizin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Veterinärmedizin, spelled V-E-T-E-R-I-N-Ä-R-M-E-D-I-Z-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lehre von den Krankheiten der Tiere und deren Behandlung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Veterinärmedizin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ketamin wird vorwiegend in der Veterinärmedizin eingesetzt.
  2. Dr. Zimmer ist seit 20 Jahren in der Veterinärmedizin tätig.

Synonyms

TiermedizinTierheilkunde

Antonyms

Humanmedizin

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Veterinärmedizin"?
"Veterinärmedizin" is spelled V-E-T-E-R-I-N-Ä-R-M-E-D-I-Z-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯mediˌt͡siːn].
What does "Veterinärmedizin" mean?
As a noun, "Veterinärmedizin" means: Lehre von den Krankheiten der Tiere und deren Behandlung
How do you pronounce "Veterinärmedizin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Veterinärmedizin" is [vetəʁiˈnɛːɐ̯mediˌt͡siːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Veterinärmedizin" come from?
"Veterinärmedizin" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Veterinärmedizin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list