Grenzzaun
[ˈɡʁɛnt͡sˌt͡saʊ̯n]
The verdict
“Grenzzaun” is uncommon German (frequency #59,708 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,708
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oft aus Draht bestehende Vorrichtung, die als Begrenzung dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-grenzzaun · Grenzzaun · German
Grenzzaun · rank #59,708 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,708
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gotteslästeru…
Nearest frequency peer: Gotteslästerung (-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 „Grenzzaun“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gleichgewic…
Gleichgewichts
40,296 corpus weight
- Goldstück
Goldstück
40,295 corpus weight
- Gottesläste…
Gotteslästerung
40,294 corpus weight
- Grenzzaun
Grenzzaun
40,293 corpus weight
- grim
grim
40,292 corpus weight
- grind
grind
40,291 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Grenzzaun“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grenzzaun |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sˌt͡saʊ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Grenzzaun“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Grenzzaun is uncommon German at frequency #59,708 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁɛnt͡sˌt͡saʊ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oft aus Draht bestehende Vorrichtung, die als Begrenzung dient".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Grenzzaun in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Grenzzaun, spelled G-R-E-N-Z-Z-A-U-N.
Definition
- 1oft aus Draht bestehende Vorrichtung, die als Begrenzung dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Grenzzaun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Grenzzaun soll unbefugten Personen den Zutritt erschweren.
Ungarn hat Grenzzäune errichtet, um die Flüchtlinge nicht ins Land kommen zu lassen.
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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