kleinen Zehen
[ˈklaɪ̯nən ˈt͡seːən]
The verdict
“kleinen Zehen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kleinen Zehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nən ˈt͡seːən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kleinen Zehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kleinen Zehen is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklaɪ̯nən ˈt͡seːən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for kleinen Zehen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kleinen Zehen, spelled K-L-E-I-N-E-N- -Z-E-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 2Nominativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 3Genitiv Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 4Dativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 5Akkusativ Plural der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 6Nominativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 7Genitiv Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 8Dativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
- 9Akkusativ Plural der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs kleiner Zeh
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.
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Using “kleinen Zehen”
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- The one correct German spelling is K-L-E-I-N-E-N- -Z-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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