diakritischen Zeichens
[diaˌkʁiːtɪʃn̩ ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩s]
The verdict
“diakritischen Zeichens” 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
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diakritischen Zeichens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diaˌkʁiːtɪʃn̩ ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩s] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diakritischen Zeichens” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for diakritischen Zeichens is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diaˌkʁiːtɪʃn̩ ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩s]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for diakritischen Zeichens 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 diakritischen Zeichens, spelled D-I-A-K-R-I-T-I-S-C-H-E-N- -Z-E-I-C-H-E-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
- 2Genitiv Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs diakritisches Zeichen
- 3Genitiv Singular der gemischten 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-N- -Z-E-I-C-H-E-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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