ein paar Zerquetschte
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The verdict
“ein paar Zerquetschte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei Zahlbeträgen die Stellen hinter dem Komma, welche in dem angesprochenen Fall vernachlässigbar sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-ein-paar-zerquetschte · ein paar Zerquetschte · German
ein paar Zerquetschte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | ein paar Zerquetschte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ein paar Zerquetschte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ein paar Zerquetschte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei Zahlbeträgen die Stellen hinter dem Komma, welche in dem angesprochenen Fall vernachlässigbar sind".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ein paar Zerquetschte, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 ein paar Zerquetschte, spelled E-I-N- -P-A-A-R- -Z-E-R-Q-U-E-T-S-C-H-T-E.
Definition
- 1bei Zahlbeträgen die Stellen hinter dem Komma, welche in dem angesprochenen Fall vernachlässigbar sind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ein paar Zerquetschte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Ergebnis machte die Summe der beiden Werte 32 Prozent und ein paar Zerquetschte aus.
Er hatte nur noch 13 Dollar und ein paar Zerquetschte in der Tasche.
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.