Tsetsefliege
[ˈt͡seːt͡seˌfliːɡə]
The verdict
“Tsetsefliege” 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) - afrikanische Stechfliege, überträgt die Schlafkrankheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-tsetsefliege · Tsetsefliege · German
Tsetsefliege · 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 "T" 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 | Tsetsefliege |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡seːt͡seˌfliːɡə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tsetsefliege“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tsetsefliege is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡seːt͡seˌfliːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "afrikanische Stechfliege, überträgt die Schlafkrankheit".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tsetsefliege, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Tsetsefliege, spelled T-S-E-T-S-E-F-L-I-E-G-E.
Definition
- 1afrikanische Stechfliege, überträgt die Schlafkrankheit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tsetsefliege appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marianne wurde in ihrem Urlaub in Kongo von einer Tsetsefliege gestochen.
„In Ostafrika ist er der einzig halbwegs wirksame Schutz gegen die Tsetsefliege.“
This word in other languages
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.