Zahlendreher
German, noun/ˈt͡saːlənˌdʁeːɐ/
Zahlendreher is spelled Z-A-H-L-E-N-D-R-E-H-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zahlendreher is a German masculine noun meaning “Unintentionally swapped digits in a number sequence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die unbeabsichtigte Vertauschung zweier Ziffern einer Zahlenfolge”.
What does Zahlendreher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineUnintentionally swapped digits in a number sequence.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die unbeabsichtigte Vertauschung zweier Ziffern einer Zahlenfolge
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Zahlendreher
- Zahlendrehers genitive
- Zahlendrehern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zahlendreher?
- /ˈt͡saːlənˌdʁeːɐ/
- [ˈt͡saːlənˌdʁeːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zahlendreher in German?
Zahlendreher appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).