Zauberkunst
[ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst]
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
- Zahnstein
Zahnstein
11,448 corpus weight
- Zarenreich
Zarenreich
11,446 corpus weight
- Zauberkunst
Zauberkunst
11,445 corpus weight
- Zauberwald
Zauberwald
11,444 corpus weight
- zeitgeschic…
zeitgeschichtliche
11,443 corpus weight
- Zelluloid
Zelluloid
11,442 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zauberkunst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zauberkunst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌkʊnst] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zauberkunst“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Fähigkeit, mit magischen Mitteln zu handeln, zu zaubern
- 2Fähigkeit zu/Vollzug von Zauberkunststücken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zauberkunst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So vertrieb ich mir durch höchst angenehme Zauberkünste in diesem Wartesaal die Zeit, die wie im Fluge verfloß.“
„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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).