Volkskrankheit
[ˈfɔlksˌkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Volkskrankheit” is uncommon German (frequency #79,905 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,905
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht infektiöse Krankheit, von der sehr viele Menschen der Bevölkerung betroffen sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-volkskrankheit · Volkskrankheit · German
Volkskrankheit · rank #79,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,905
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Volumina
Nearest frequency peer: Volumina (+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 „Volkskrankheit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Viertelmill…
Viertelmillion
20,101 corpus weight
- Visualisier…
Visualisierungen
20,099 corpus weight
- Volkskrankh…
Volkskrankheit
20,096 corpus weight
- Volumina
Volumina
20,095 corpus weight
- vorangeschr…
vorangeschritten
20,094 corpus weight
- vorgearbeit…
vorgearbeitet
20,092 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Volkskrankheit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volkskrankheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlksˌkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #79,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Volkskrankheit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Volkskrankheit is uncommon German at frequency #79,905 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlksˌkʁaŋkhaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht infektiöse Krankheit, von der sehr viele Menschen der Bevölkerung betroffen sind".
No misspelling variants are generated for Volkskrankheit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Volkskrankheit, spelled V-O-L-K-S-K-R-A-N-K-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1nicht infektiöse Krankheit, von der sehr viele Menschen der Bevölkerung betroffen sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Volkskrankheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Krankheitsbilder, wie Bluthochdruck, Diabetes und Depressionen, werden oft als Volkskrankheiten betitelt.
„Bis sich die Augen über die wahre Natur der Volkskrankheit endgültig öffneten, vergingen, wie wir heute wissen, noch dreizehn lange Jahre.“
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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