Tochter Zion
[ˈtɔxtɐ ˈt͡siːɔn]
The verdict
“Tochter Zion” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das personifizierte Jerusalem, die Bevölkerung der Stadt Jerusalem
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tochter Zion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɔxtɐ ˈt͡siːɔn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tochter Zion” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Tochter Zion is 12 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtɔxtɐ ˈt͡siːɔn]. 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: "das personifizierte Jerusalem, die Bevölkerung der Stadt Jerusalem".
No misspelling variants are generated for Tochter Zion 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 Tochter Zion, spelled T-O-C-H-T-E-R- -Z-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1das personifizierte Jerusalem, die Bevölkerung der Stadt Jerusalem
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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Using “Tochter Zion”
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- The one correct German spelling is T-O-C-H-T-E-R- -Z-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtɔxtɐ ˈt͡siːɔn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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