Zehenspitze
[ˈt͡seːənˌʃpɪt͡sə]
The verdict
“Zehenspitze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorderster Bereich einer Zehe
Corpus desk
Index DE-zehenspitze · Zehenspitze · German
Zehenspitze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Zehenspitze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡seːənˌʃpɪt͡sə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zehenspitze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zehenspitze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡seːənˌʃpɪt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorderster Bereich einer Zehe".
Zehenspitze doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Zehenspitze, spelled Z-E-H-E-N-S-P-I-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1vorderster Bereich einer Zehe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zehenspitze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf Zehenspitzen betrat ich den Kellervorhof und hielt Ausschau nach einem Lichtschimmer.“
„Auf Zehenspitzen schlich sie in sein Zimmer hinüber.“
This word in other languages
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.