Dreizack
[ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌt͡sak]
The verdict
“Dreizack” is uncommon German (frequency #75,542 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,542
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stabwaffe mit drei Zinken an einem Ende
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreizack · Dreizack · German
Dreizack · rank #75,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,542
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH drapiert
Nearest frequency peer: drapiert (-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 „Dreizack“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- doubles
doubles
24,462 corpus weight
- drapiert
drapiert
24,460 corpus weight
- Dreizack
Dreizack
24,459 corpus weight
- Drittligist
Drittligist
24,458 corpus weight
- Drittländern
Drittländern
24,457 corpus weight
- drängende
drängende
24,455 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dreizack“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dreizack |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌt͡sak] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dreizack“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dreizack is uncommon German at frequency #75,542 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaɪ̯ˌt͡sak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Dreizack has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dreizack, spelled D-R-E-I-Z-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1eine Stabwaffe mit drei Zinken an einem Ende
- 2Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Triglochin aus der Familie der Dreizackgewächse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dreizack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der griechische Gott Poseidon wird meist mit einem Dreizack dargestellt, ebenso die hinduistische Gottheit Shiva.
Die Dreizacke sind in Deutschland mit zwei Arten vertreten.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).