Virusinfektion
[ˈviːʁʊsʔɪnfɛkˌt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Virusinfektion” is uncommon German (frequency #86,023 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,023
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aktives oder passives Eindringen von Viren in einen Organismus, das Infiziertwerden/Sichanstecken eines Organismus mit einem Virus
Corpus desk
Index DE-virusinfektion · Virusinfektion · German
Virusinfektion · rank #86,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,023
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Virologe
Nearest frequency peer: Virologe (-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 „Virusinfektion“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vierwaldstä…
Vierwaldstättersee
13,981 corpus weight
- virgo
virgo
13,980 corpus weight
- Virologe
Virologe
13,979 corpus weight
- Virusinfekt…
Virusinfektion
13,978 corpus weight
- voce
voce
13,977 corpus weight
- volkseigenen
volkseigenen
13,976 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Virusinfektion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Virusinfektion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈviːʁʊsʔɪnfɛkˌt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #86,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Virusinfektion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Virusinfektion is uncommon German at frequency #86,023 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈviːʁʊsʔɪnfɛkˌt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Virusinfektion in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Virusinfektion, spelled V-I-R-U-S-I-N-F-E-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1aktives oder passives Eindringen von Viren in einen Organismus, das Infiziertwerden/Sichanstecken eines Organismus mit einem Virus
- 2Infektionskrankheit, die durch ein Virus verursacht wird
- 3Infiziertwerden eines Computers mit einem Computervirus, Schadsoftware
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Virusinfektion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich sah ein Mädchen, das eine Gesichtsmaske trägt, um eine Virusinfektion zu vermeiden und die Ausbreitung der Krankheit zu verhindern.
„Die Hepatitis C ist eine Virusinfektion, von der viele Betroffene in Deutschland gar nicht wissen, dass sie infiziert sind.“
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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.
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