Zwangsneurose
[ˈt͡svaŋsnɔɪ̯ˌʁoːzə]
The verdict
“Zwangsneurose” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - psychische Störung, bei der der Betroffene den Drang empfindet, bestimmte Dinge zu denken oder zu tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwangsneurose · Zwangsneurose · German
Zwangsneurose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Zwangsneurose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaŋsnɔɪ̯ˌʁoːzə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwangsneurose“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwangsneurose is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svaŋsnɔɪ̯ˌʁoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "psychische Störung, bei der der Betroffene den Drang empfindet, bestimmte Dinge zu denken oder zu tun".
Zwangsneurose has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Zwangsneurose, spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-N-E-U-R-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1psychische Störung, bei der der Betroffene den Drang empfindet, bestimmte Dinge zu denken oder zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zwangsneurose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Zwangsneurose entwickelt sich in der überwiegenden Zahl der Fälle bei Menschen mit zwanghafter Persönlichkeitsstruktur.“
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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.