Riesenzahl
[ˈʁiːzn̩ˌt͡saːl]
The verdict
“Riesenzahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extrem hohe Anzahl, riesige Menge
Corpus desk
Index DE-riesenzahl · Riesenzahl · German
Riesenzahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Riesenzahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁiːzn̩ˌt͡saːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Riesenzahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Riesenzahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁiːzn̩ˌt͡saːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "extrem hohe Anzahl, riesige Menge".
Riesenzahl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Riesenzahl, spelled R-I-E-S-E-N-Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1extrem hohe Anzahl, riesige Menge
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Riesenzahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Riesenzahl der in der Town Street und der Eastern Avenue an den längst abgelaufenen Parkuhren abgestellten Autos widerlegt diesen Gedanken zwar, aber so eine Universitätsverwaltung ist wie ein Ozeanriese: Der wendet weder schnell noch leicht, selbst dann nicht, wenn ein Eisberg vor ihm auftaucht.“
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.