Gartenzaun

[ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌt͡saʊ̯n]

/[ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌt͡saʊ̯n]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gartenzaun” is uncommon German (frequency #52,869 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,869
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zaun zum Abgrenzen des Gartens

Corpus desk

Index DE-gartenzaun · Gartenzaun · German

Gartenzaun · rank #52,869 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,869
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Garaus

Nearest frequency peer: Garaus (-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 „Gartenzaun“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gartenzaun“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gartenzaun
PropertyValue
HeadwordGartenzaun
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌt͡saʊ̯n]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,869
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gartenzaun“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gartenzaunfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Garaus“ (#52,868), „Gebrauchsanweisung“ (#52,871), „fünfundzwanzig“ (#52,866). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gartenzaun“ bei #52,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gartenzaun is uncommon German at frequency #52,869 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌt͡saʊ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Gartenzaun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Gartenzaun, spelled G-A-R-T-E-N-Z-A-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zaun zum Abgrenzen des Gartens
  2. 2
    das Zeichen #

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gartenzaun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Gartenzaun wurde gestern frisch gestrichen.
  2. „Haunzahndgasse (12, Hetzendorf, Siedlung Rosenhügel), benannt (1922) nach einem historischen Flurnamen, einem »lebenden« Gartenzaun aus Sträuchern, meistens Hagendornbüsche.“

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gartenzaun"?
"Gartenzaun" is spelled G-A-R-T-E-N-Z-A-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌt͡saʊ̯n].
What does "Gartenzaun" mean?
As a noun, "Gartenzaun" means: Zaun zum Abgrenzen des Gartens
How do you pronounce "Gartenzaun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gartenzaun" is [ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌt͡saʊ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gartenzaun" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gartenzaun", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geplaudert#52,882formierten#52,851geschwärmt#52,887gesteckten#52,891

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list