cima

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The verdict

“cima” is uncommon German (frequency #77,811 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,811
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Spitze

Corpus desk

Index DE-cima · cima · German

cima · rank #77,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,811
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH chou

Nearest frequency peer: chou (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „cima“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cima“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cima
PropertyValue
Headwordcima
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#77,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cima“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cimafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „chou“ (#77,810), „Classes“ (#77,812), „Choreograf“ (#77,809). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cima“ bei #77,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cima is uncommon German at frequency #77,811 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cima, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cima, spelled C-I-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Spitze
  2. 2
    der Berggipfel, der Gipfel
  3. 3
    der Baumwipfel, der Wipfel, die Krone
  4. 4
    das Ass, der Held, die Leuchte

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cima"?
"cima" is spelled C-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "cima" mean?
As a noun, "cima" means: die Spitze
How do you pronounce "cima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cima" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cima" come from?
"cima" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cima", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list