X-Strahl
[ˈɪksˌʃtʁaːl]
The verdict
“X-Strahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Röntgenstrahl oder (übertragen) Röntgenstrahlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-x-strahl · X-Strahl · German
X-Strahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "X" 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 | X-Strahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪksˌʃtʁaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „X-Strahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
X-Strahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪksˌʃtʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Röntgenstrahl oder (übertragen) Röntgenstrahlung".
X-Strahl has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 X-Strahl, spelled X---S-T-R-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1Röntgenstrahl oder (übertragen) Röntgenstrahlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how X-Strahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vom X-Strahl zum Atommodell […] Die X-Strahlen – so nannte sie ihr Entdecker – waren nämlich magnetisch nicht ablenkbar und besaßen auch ein beträchtlich stärkeres Durchdringungsvermögen als die Kathodenstrahlen[.]“
„…; wir sehen ja, dass an spongiösen Knochenteilen, die feinen zum X-Strahl perpendikulär liegenden Lamellen von jenem durchdrungen werden, …“
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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.