Zankapfel
[ˈt͡saŋkˌʔap͡fl̩]
The verdict
“Zankapfel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenstand, um den gestritten wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zankapfel · Zankapfel · German
Zankapfel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Zankapfel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saŋkˌʔap͡fl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zankapfel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zankapfel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saŋkˌʔap͡fl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gegenstand, um den gestritten wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zankapfel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Zankapfel, spelled Z-A-N-K-A-P-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gegenstand, um den gestritten wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zankapfel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Krankenversicherung wird vermutlich immer ein Zankapfel bleiben.
„Sie war der Zankapfel der verschiedenen Protagonisten, die sich bis zum letzten Tropfen Schweiß bekriegten.“
Synonyms
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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.