Zapfenzieher
[ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌt͡siːɐ]
The verdict
“Zapfenzieher” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Haushaltsgerät, um den Korken aus einer Flasche Wein herauszuziehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zapfenzieher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌt͡siːɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zapfenzieher” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Zapfenzieher is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌt͡siːɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Haushaltsgerät, um den Korken aus einer Flasche Wein herauszuziehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zapfenzieher in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Zapfenzieher, spelled Z-A-P-F-E-N-Z-I-E-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Haushaltsgerät, um den Korken aus einer Flasche Wein herauszuziehen
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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.
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Using “Zapfenzieher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-A-P-F-E-N-Z-I-E-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌt͡siːɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.