Glanzzeit

[ˈɡlant͡sˌt͡saɪ̯t]

/[ˈɡlant͡sˌt͡saɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Glanzzeit” is uncommon German (frequency #92,993 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,993
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phase, in der jemand oder eine Institution/Organisation auf dem Höhepunkt seiner/ihrer Möglichkeiten war

Corpus desk

Index DE-glanzzeit · Glanzzeit · German

Glanzzeit · rank #92,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,993
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ginseng

Nearest frequency peer: Ginseng (-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 „Glanzzeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Glanzzeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlanzzeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡlant͡sˌt͡saɪ̯t]
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Glanzzeit“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Glanzzeitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ginseng“ (#92,992), „Gleichbehandlungsgesetz“ (#92,995), „gleichförmig“ (#92,996). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glanzzeit“ bei #92,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Glanzzeit is uncommon German at frequency #92,993 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlant͡sˌt͡saɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Phase, in der jemand oder eine Institution/Organisation auf dem Höhepunkt seiner/ihrer Möglichkeiten war".

Glanzzeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Glanzzeit, spelled G-L-A-N-Z-Z-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Phase, in der jemand oder eine Institution/Organisation auf dem Höhepunkt seiner/ihrer Möglichkeiten war

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ihre Glanzzeiten sind vorbei.“
  2. „Zu seiner Glanzzeit 1884/85 zählte Obock rund 2000 Einwohner.“

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 "Glanzzeit"?
"Glanzzeit" is spelled G-L-A-N-Z-Z-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlant͡sˌt͡saɪ̯t].
What does "Glanzzeit" mean?
As a noun, "Glanzzeit" means: Phase, in der jemand oder eine Institution/Organisation auf dem Höhepunkt seiner/ihrer Möglichkeiten war
How do you pronounce "Glanzzeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glanzzeit" is [ˈɡlant͡sˌt͡saɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glanzzeit" come from?
"Glanzzeit" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

getöteter#92,984Goldwaage#93,003Golfclubs#93,004gesträubt#92,981

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list