diakritische Zeichen
[diaˌkʁiːtɪʃə ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“diakritische Zeichen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diakritische Zeichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diaˌkʁiːtɪʃə ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diakritische Zeichen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for diakritische Zeichen is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diaˌkʁiːtɪʃə ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for diakritische Zeichen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is diakritische Zeichen, spelled D-I-A-K-R-I-T-I-S-C-H-E- -Z-E-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
- 2Akkusativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
- 3Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
- 4Akkusativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
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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- The one correct German spelling is D-I-A-K-R-I-T-I-S-C-H-E- -Z-E-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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