Zaghaftigkeit
[ˈt͡saːkhaftɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Zaghaftigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, zaghaft/zögerlich zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-zaghaftigkeit · Zaghaftigkeit · German
Zaghaftigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | Zaghaftigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saːkhaftɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zaghaftigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zaghaftigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saːkhaftɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, zaghaft/zögerlich zu sein".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zaghaftigkeit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zaghaftigkeit, spelled Z-A-G-H-A-F-T-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, zaghaft/zögerlich zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zaghaftigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In gutem Französisch unterrichtete sie mich über ihre klägliche Lage, ohne Hintergedanken und ohne jene Zaghaftigkeit, die wohl der Furcht entspringt, der Zuhörer werde die Notlage, die man ihm anvertraut, nur auszunutzen suchen.“
Synonyms
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.