Zahlmeister
[ˈt͡saːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
The verdict
“Zahlmeister” is uncommon German (frequency #79,973 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,973
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die für die Verwaltung der Gelder einer Organisation verantwortlich ist und zweckgebundene Auszahlungen vornimmt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zahlmeister |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zahlmeister” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zahlmeister is uncommon German at frequency #79,973 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zahlmeister doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Zahlmeister, spelled Z-A-H-L-M-E-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die für die Verwaltung der Gelder einer Organisation verantwortlich ist und zweckgebundene Auszahlungen vornimmt
- 2Person/Organisation, die ohne Einflussmöglichkeit als Geldgeber beansprucht wird
- 3Zuständiger für Hafengebühren, Heuer, Proviant
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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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Using “Zahlmeister”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-A-H-L-M-E-I-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡saːlˌmaɪ̯stɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.