Morsezeichen
[ˈmɔʁzəˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“Morsezeichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeichen, das zum Morsecode/Morsekode gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-morsezeichen · Morsezeichen · German
Morsezeichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Morsezeichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɔʁzəˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Morsezeichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Morsezeichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɔʁzəˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeichen, das zum Morsecode/Morsekode gehört".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Morsezeichen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Morsezeichen, spelled M-O-R-S-E-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Zeichen, das zum Morsecode/Morsekode gehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Morsezeichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mithilfe der Morsezeichen wird ein Notrufsignal von dem in Seenot geratenen Schiff versendet.
„So kann er ankommende Morsezeichen und mit dem freien Ohr zugleich auch Befehle aus dem Boot hören.“
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.