mitzählen

[ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]

/[ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“mitzählen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,080 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,080
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gemeinsam mit anderen Personen zählen, während etwas geschieht

Key facts for mitzählen
PropertyValue
Headwordmitzählen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mitzählen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mitzählen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitzählen is uncommon German at frequency #77,080 among 44,424 “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)

This word in other languages

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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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Using “mitzählen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-I-T-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈmɪtˌt͡sɛːlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list