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German medical vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 16 of them appear in the 5,000 most common German words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

30words
16in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
die Krankheitdisease#1561 0.004% of speech
das Medikamentmedicineoutside the top 5,000
der Arztphysician#603 0.014% of speech
der Krankenpflegernurseoutside the top 5,000
das Krankenhaushospital#664 0.012% of speech
die Klinikclinic#2002 0.003% of speech
die Apothekepharmacy#4128 0.001% of speech
das Rezeptprescription#3191 0.001% of speech
das Fieberfever#2268 0.002% of speech
der Hustencoughoutside the top 5,000
der Schmerzpainoutside the top 5,000
die Grippefluoutside the top 5,000
die Erkältungcoldoutside the top 5,000
die Allergieallergyoutside the top 5,000
die Infektioninfection#4283 0.001% of speech
der Impfstoffvaccineoutside the top 5,000
die Behandlungtreatment#2162 0.002% of speech
die Chirurgiesurgeryoutside the top 5,000
die Wundewound#2292 0.002% of speech
der Krankenwagenambulance#2014 0.003% of speech
die Erste Hilfefirst aidoutside the top 5,000
das Thermometerthermometeroutside the top 5,000
der Blutdruckblood pressureoutside the top 5,000
die Untersuchunganalysis#1753 0.003% of speech
die Symptomesymptomsoutside the top 5,000
die Diagnosediagnosis#4231 0.001% of speech
die Heilunghealingoutside the top 5,000
der Notfallemergency#1848 0.003% of speech
der Bruchfracture#4535 0.001% of speech
die Operationoperation#1312 0.005% of speech

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