ohne Zahl

/[ˌoːnə ˈt͡saːl]/ phrase

The verdict

“ohne Zahl” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: sehr viele; in solch einer Fülle, die sich nicht zählen lässt

Key facts for ohne Zahl
PropertyValue
Headwordohne Zahl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌoːnə ˈt͡saːl]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ohne Zahl” sits in German frequency

ohne Zahl falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ohne Zahl is 9 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌoːnə ˈt͡saːl]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sehr viele; in solch einer Fülle, die sich nicht zählen lässt".

No misspelling variants are generated for ohne Zahl in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ohne Zahl, spelled O-H-N-E- -Z-A-H-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr viele; in solch einer Fülle, die sich nicht zählen lässt

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ohne Zahl"?
"ohne Zahl" is spelled O-H-N-E- -Z-A-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌoːnə ˈt͡saːl].
What does "ohne Zahl" mean?
As a phrase, "ohne Zahl" means: sehr viele; in solch einer Fülle, die sich nicht zählen lässt
How do you pronounce "ohne Zahl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ohne Zahl" is [ˌoːnə ˈt͡saːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ohne Zahl" come from?
"ohne Zahl" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “ohne Zahl”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is O-H-N-E- -Z-A-H-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌoːnə ˈt͡saːl] (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

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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.