Zauberkunst

[ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst]

/[ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst]/ noun

The verdict

“Zauberkunst” is uncommon German (frequency #88,556 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,556
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit, mit magischen Mitteln zu handeln, zu zaubern

Corpus desk

Index DE-zauberkunst · Zauberkunst · German

Zauberkunst · rank #88,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,556
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zarenreich

Nearest frequency peer: Zarenreich (-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 „Zauberkunst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zauberkunst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zauberkunst
PropertyValue
HeadwordZauberkunst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst]
Letters11
Frequency rank#88,556
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zauberkunst“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Zauberkunstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zarenreich“ (#88,555), „Zauberwald“ (#88,557), „zeitgeschichtliche“ (#88,558). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zauberkunst“ bei #88,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zauberkunst is uncommon German at frequency #88,556 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zauberkunst, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Zauberkunst, spelled Z-A-U-B-E-R-K-U-N-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fähigkeit, mit magischen Mitteln zu handeln, zu zaubern
  2. 2
    Fähigkeit zu/Vollzug von Zauberkunststücken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zauberkunst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „So vertrieb ich mir durch höchst angenehme Zauberkünste in diesem Wartesaal die Zeit, die wie im Fluge verfloß.“
  2. „Es bedurfte wohl einer ›Disposition‹, um den Teufel zum Vorführen seiner Zauberkünste zu bewegen, und es bedurfte eines Vertrags.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zauberkunst"?
"Zauberkunst" is spelled Z-A-U-B-E-R-K-U-N-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst].
What does "Zauberkunst" mean?
As a noun, "Zauberkunst" means: Fähigkeit, mit magischen Mitteln zu handeln, zu zaubern
How do you pronounce "Zauberkunst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zauberkunst" is [ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zauberkunst" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zauberkunst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list