Zacke
[ˈt͡sakə]
The verdict
“Zacke” is uncommon German (frequency #93,863 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,863
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dreieckförmige, spitze, aus etwas herausragende Form
Corpus desk
Index DE-zacke · Zacke · German
Zacke · rank #93,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,863
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zadar
Nearest frequency peer: Zadar (+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 „Zacke“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Xanax
Xanax
6,141 corpus weight
- Xmas
Xmas
6,140 corpus weight
- Zacke
Zacke
6,138 corpus weight
- Zadar
Zadar
6,137 corpus weight
- Zaubers
Zaubers
6,136 corpus weight
- Zeichentric…
Zeichentrickfilme
6,135 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zacke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zacke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sakə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zacke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zacke is uncommon German at frequency #93,863 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sakə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dreieckförmige, spitze, aus etwas herausragende Form".
Zacke has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zacke, spelled Z-A-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1dreieckförmige, spitze, aus etwas herausragende Form
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zacke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hier ist eine Zacke aus dem Sägeblatt gebrochen.
„An ihm reihte sich die elegante, an den Seiten etwas eingesenkte Pyramidenform des Spieljochs, emporsteigend aus den grünen Tannen der Kothalp, und wie die Trümmer einer Festung, welche die Riesen der Vorzeit aufgethürmt, um den heidnischen Himmel zu stürmen, reihten sich daran die Zinnen des Höchenbergs, und dahinter tauchte es aus dem klaren Himmel auf…
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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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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