Eckzahn
[ˈɛkˌt͡saːn]
The verdict
“Eckzahn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein spitzer Zahn zwischen Schneide- und Backenzähnen sowohl im Ober- als auch im Unterkiefer
Corpus desk
Index DE-eckzahn · Eckzahn · German
Eckzahn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eckzahn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛkˌt͡saːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eckzahn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eckzahn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛkˌt͡saːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein spitzer Zahn zwischen Schneide- und Backenzähnen sowohl im Ober- als auch im Unterkiefer".
No misspelling variants are generated for Eckzahn in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Eckzahn, spelled E-C-K-Z-A-H-N.
Definition
- 1ein spitzer Zahn zwischen Schneide- und Backenzähnen sowohl im Ober- als auch im Unterkiefer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eckzahn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei einer Schlägerei habe ich mir einen Eckzahn ausgeschlagen.
„Ihm fehlte ein Eckzahn, und er roch nach Zigarettenrauch.“
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.