Zank
[t͡saŋk]
The verdict
“Zank” is uncommon German (frequency #81,194 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,194
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Streit, Gespräche im Zwist
Corpus desk
Index DE-zank · Zank · German
Zank · rank #81,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,194
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zauberte
Nearest frequency peer: zauberte (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Zank”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wärmetausch…
Wärmetauscher
18,811 corpus weight
- Würger
Würger
18,810 corpus weight
- Ys
Ys
18,809 corpus weight
- Zank
Zank
18,807 corpus weight
- zauberte
zauberte
18,806 corpus weight
- zierten
zierten
18,804 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zank” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡saŋk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Zank” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Zank is uncommon German at frequency #81,194 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡saŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Streit, Gespräche im Zwist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zank in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Zank, spelled Z-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Streit, Gespräche im Zwist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bitt’ dich, Freund, laß uns nach Hause gehn!//Der Tag ist heiß, die Capulets sind draußen,//Und treffen wir, so gibt es sicher Zank://Denn bei der Hitze tobt das tolle Blut.
Zank ist der Rauch der Liebe.
Antonyms
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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