mitzählen

[ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]

/[ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“mitzählen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,080 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,080
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gemeinsam mit anderen Personen zählen, während etwas geschieht

Corpus desk

Index DE-mitzahlen · mitzählen · German

mitzählen · rank #77,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,080
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mittelfränkis…

Nearest frequency peer: mittelfränkischen (-2 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 „mitzählen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mitzählen
PropertyValue
Headwordmitzählen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mitzählen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mittelfränkischen“ (#77,078), „Moira“ (#77,082), „mitkriegt“ (#77,077). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mitzählen“ bei #77,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitzählen is uncommon German at frequency #77,080 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mitzählen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mitzählen, spelled M-I-T-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    gemeinsam mit anderen Personen zählen, während etwas geschieht
  2. 2
    Zahlen, Werte in eine Rechnung einbeziehen
  3. 3
    auch zählen, gelten
  4. 4
    während des Spiels die Punkte im Kopf zusammenrechnen (z. B. Skat, Schafkopf)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das ganze Publikum zählte den Countdown laut mit.
  2. Zu unserer Grillparty kommen 25 Gäste, die Kinder unter vier Jahren sind nicht mitgezählt.

This word in other languages

inclure(Français)

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 "mitzählen"?
"mitzählen" is spelled M-I-T-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən].
What does "mitzählen" mean?
As a verb, "mitzählen" means: gemeinsam mit anderen Personen zählen, während etwas geschieht
How do you pronounce "mitzählen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitzählen" is [ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mitzählen" come from?
"mitzählen" 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 "mitzählen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mitkriegt#77,077muskulöse#77,088Mülhausen#77,092mickrigen#77,067

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list