Zapfenzieher
[ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌt͡siːɐ]
The verdict
“Zapfenzieher” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Haushaltsgerät, um den Korken aus einer Flasche Wein herauszuziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zapfenzieher · Zapfenzieher · German
Zapfenzieher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Zapfenzieher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌt͡siːɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zapfenzieher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zapfenzieher is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sap͡fn̩ˌt͡siːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zapfenzieher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bringe bitte den Zapfenzieher aus der Küche mit.
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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.