Cymbal
[ˈt͡sʏmbal]
The verdict
“Cymbal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - trapezförmiges, auf vier Beinen stehendes Hackbrett, das sehr häufig in der osteuropäischen Volksmusik (insbesondere von Zigeunerkapellen) als Instrument verwendet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cymbal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʏmbal] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cymbal” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cymbal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏmbal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "trapezförmiges, auf vier Beinen stehendes Hackbrett, das sehr häufig in der osteuropäischen Volksmusik (insbesondere von Zigeunerkapellen) als Instrument verwendet wird".
Cymbal has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Cymbal, spelled C-Y-M-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1trapezförmiges, auf vier Beinen stehendes Hackbrett, das sehr häufig in der osteuropäischen Volksmusik (insbesondere von Zigeunerkapellen) als Instrument verwendet wird
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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.
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Using “Cymbal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-Y-M-B-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.