Zähnchen
[ˈt͡sɛːnçən]
The verdict
“Zähnchen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,411 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,411
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-zahnchen · Zähnchen · German
Zähnchen · rank #82,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,411
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zwischenstaat…
Nearest frequency peer: zwischenstaatliche (-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 „Zähnchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zwiefalten
Zwiefalten
17,592 corpus weight
- zwischensta…
zwischenstaatliche
17,591 corpus weight
- Zähnchen
Zähnchen
17,590 corpus weight
- zärtlicher
zärtlicher
17,589 corpus weight
- Zündkerzen
Zündkerzen
17,588 corpus weight
- Ökonomik
Ökonomik
17,587 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zähnchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zähnchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛːnçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zähnchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zähnchen is uncommon German at frequency #82,411 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛːnçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zähnchen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zähnchen, spelled Z-Ä-H-N-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Teil des Gebisses von Menschen und Wirbeltieren
- 2Teil des zahnähnlichen Gebildes auf der Haifischhaut
- 3Zacke einer am Rand von Papier, Blättern oder anderen Gegenständen befindlichen Zahnung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zähnchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sobald das erste Zähnchen durchgebrochen ist, sollte dies geputzt werden.
Für die ausgefallenen Zähnchen will das zur „Milchzahnfee“ ernannte Feenmädchen den Kindern ein Täschchen schenken, das sie unter ihr Kopfkissen legen. Anstelle des Zahns liegt dann am Morgen eine Überraschung bereit.
Synonyms
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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