Zwangsstörung
[ˈt͡svaŋsˌʃtøːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Zwangsstörung” 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 Krankheit, bei der Zwangsgedanken und/oder Zwangshandlungen auftreten
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Index DE-zwangsstorung · Zwangsstörung · German
Zwangsstörung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Zwangsstörung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaŋsˌʃtøːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwangsstörung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwangsstörung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svaŋsˌʃtøːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "psychische Krankheit, bei der Zwangsgedanken und/oder Zwangshandlungen auftreten".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zwangsstörung in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Zwangsstörung, spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-S-T-Ö-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1psychische Krankheit, bei der Zwangsgedanken und/oder Zwangshandlungen auftreten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zwangsstörung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Weitere Indikationen der Thymoleptika sind Angst- und Zwangsstörungen, Entzugssyndrome sowie Schmerzbehandlung.“
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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.