Minderzahl
[ˈmɪndɐˌt͡saːl]
The verdict
“Minderzahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der kleinere Teil einer Menge
Corpus desk
Index DE-minderzahl · Minderzahl · German
Minderzahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Minderzahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪndɐˌt͡saːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Minderzahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Minderzahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪndɐˌt͡saːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der kleinere Teil einer Menge".
Minderzahl has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Minderzahl, spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1der kleinere Teil einer Menge
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Minderzahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir haben verloren, weil wir in der zweiten Halbzeit in der Minderzahl waren.
Synonyms
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.