Wucherung
[ˈvuːxəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Wucherung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - starke Zunahme der Bildung von Körpergewebe
Corpus desk
Index DE-wucherung · Wucherung · German
Wucherung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Wucherung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvuːxəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wucherung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wucherung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvuːxəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Wucherung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wucherung, spelled W-U-C-H-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1starke Zunahme der Bildung von Körpergewebe
- 2aus dem Vorgang des Wucherns entstandene Geschwulst
- 3starke unkontrollierbare Zunahme von etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wucherung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei der gegenwärtig üblichen Krebsvorsorge werden Darmpolypen, gutartige Wucherungen der Darmschleimhaut, gefunden und entfernt, bevor sie zu Darmkrebs werden können.“
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.