Zecher
[ˈt͡sɛçɐ]
The verdict
“Zecher” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der reichlich alkoholische Getränke konsumiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-zecher · Zecher · German
Zecher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Zecher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛçɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zecher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zecher is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der reichlich alkoholische Getränke konsumiert".
No misspelling variants are generated for Zecher in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zecher, spelled Z-E-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der reichlich alkoholische Getränke konsumiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zecher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Obwohl die Zecher inzwischen tolle Dinge trieben, hatte ich aufmerksam zugehört und zuweilen auch eine Frage gestellt.“
„Er sei eben »ein Franzos«, sagten einige in der Wirtschaft, wohlhabende Zecher und Weinbauern mit rot gedrechselten Nasen.“
Synonyms
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.