# Gaumenspalte in English: cleft palate – dental dictionary

> German dental term "Gaumenspalte" in English: cleft palate. Category Oral surgery, with US/UK spelling, synonyms and the sources that confirm the translation.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/gaumenspalte  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:27:19Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/gaumenspalte.md

**Gaumenspalte** = **cleft palate**

- **English (US):** cleft palate
- **Category:** Oral surgery

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D002972 · Cleft Palate / Gaumenspalte): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D002972](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D002972)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Gaumenspalte](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaumenspalte), [en.wikipedia.org: Cleft palate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_palate), [Wikidata Q3889390](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3889390)
- IATE, EU terminology database, health domain (verification only)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cleft_palate](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cleft_palate)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.