Mitzwa
[ˈmɪt͡sva]
The verdict
“Mitzwa” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eines der 620 teils in der Thora, teils von Rabbinern festgelegten Gebote
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitzwa · Mitzwa · German
Mitzwa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Mitzwa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪt͡sva] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Mitzwa” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Mitzwa is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪt͡sva]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Mitzwa in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mitzwa, spelled M-I-T-Z-W-A.
Definition
- 1eines der 620 teils in der Thora, teils von Rabbinern festgelegten Gebote
- 2gute, auf Gottes Wohlgefallen gerichtete Tat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mitzwa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Fackenheims wohl bekannteste Erklärung bestand in der Erweiterung der 613 Mitzwoth (Gebote im jüdischen Glauben).“
„‚Mir geht es auch um das Wohl Israels‘, erwidert Verleger. Das Vorgehen der Regierung Olmert gegen Libanon sehe er aber als Schaden für Israel. Nur der deutsch-jüdische Publizist Uri Avnery habe sich bislang solidarisch mit seiner Kritik gezeigt, sagt der alleinstehende Kritiker […]. Avnery habe hervorgehoben, dass Verleger erfülle ‚eine Mitzwa, eine jüd…
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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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