zuckerkrank
[ˈt͡sʊkɐˌkʁaŋk]
The verdict
“zuckerkrank” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an Diabetes (meist Diabetes mellitus) erkrankt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuckerkrank · zuckerkrank · German
zuckerkrank · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zuckerkrank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʊkɐˌkʁaŋk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zuckerkrank“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zuckerkrank is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sʊkɐˌkʁaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an Diabetes (meist Diabetes mellitus) erkrankt".
No misspelling variants are generated for zuckerkrank in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 zuckerkrank, spelled Z-U-C-K-E-R-K-R-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1an Diabetes (meist Diabetes mellitus) erkrankt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zuckerkrank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peter ist seit mehreren Jahren zuckerkrank und muss sich Insulin spritzen.
Synonyms
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.