zehnjährig

/[ˈt͡seːnˌjɛːʁɪç]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

zehnjährig is anGermanadj. It means: im Alter von zehn Jahren Pronounced [ˈt͡seːnˌjɛːʁɪç].

Key facts for zehnjährig
PropertyValue
Headwordzehnjährig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt͡seːnˌjɛːʁɪç]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

zehnjährig is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zehnjährig is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡seːnˌjɛːʁɪç]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for zehnjährig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is zehnjährig, spelled Z-E-H-N-J-Ä-H-R-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Alter von zehn Jahren
  2. 2
    zehn Jahre dauernd/bestehend

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zehnjährig"?
"zehnjährig" is spelled Z-E-H-N-J-Ä-H-R-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡seːnˌjɛːʁɪç].
What does "zehnjährig" mean?
As an adj, "zehnjährig" means: im Alter von zehn Jahren
How do you pronounce "zehnjährig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zehnjährig" is [ˈt͡seːnˌjɛːʁɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zehnjährig" come from?
"zehnjährig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.