Narrenzunft

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The verdict

“Narrenzunft” is uncommon German (frequency #81,913 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,913
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - örtlicher Verein, der die Traditionen der Fastnachts, des Faschings oder des Karnevals pflegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-narrenzunft · Narrenzunft · German

Narrenzunft · rank #81,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,913
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Narbonne

Nearest frequency peer: Narbonne (-1 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 „Narrenzunft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Narrenzunft
PropertyValue
HeadwordNarrenzunft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,913
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Narrenzunft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Narbonne“ (#81,912), „Nasenflügel“ (#81,914), „nahes“ (#81,910). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Narrenzunft“ bei #81,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Narrenzunft is uncommon German at frequency #81,913 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "örtlicher Verein, der die Traditionen der Fastnachts, des Faschings oder des Karnevals pflegt".

Narrenzunft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Narrenzunft, spelled N-A-R-R-E-N-Z-U-N-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    örtlicher Verein, der die Traditionen der Fastnachts, des Faschings oder des Karnevals pflegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Zur symbolischen Übergabe des Schecks trafen sich Vertreter der Katharinenhöhe und Narrenzunft direkt vor Ort bei der Einrichtung.“
  2. „Ein echter Klassiker im Fasnetsprogramm der ältesten Narrenzunft Nürtingens ist aber auch die Kinderfasnet in der Egerthalle.“

Synonyms

FaschingsvereinFastnachtsvereinKarnevalsvereinNarrengildeZunft

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 "Narrenzunft"?
"Narrenzunft" is spelled N-A-R-R-E-N-Z-U-N-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Narrenzunft" mean?
As a noun, "Narrenzunft" means: örtlicher Verein, der die Traditionen der Fastnachts, des Faschings oder des Karnevals pflegt
How do you pronounce "Narrenzunft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Narrenzunft" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Narrenzunft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Narrenzunft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list