12
The verdict
“12” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 2
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl Zwölf darstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-12 · 12 · German
12 · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "1" 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 | 12 |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| Letters | 2 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „12“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
12 is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl Zwölf darstellen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for 12, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is 12, spelled 1-2.
Definition
- 1Arabische Ziffern, welche die Zahl Zwölf darstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 12 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
12 × 12 = 144
Synonyms
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.