Zehnkampf
[ˈt͡seːnˌkamp͡f]
The verdict
“Zehnkampf” is uncommon German (frequency #75,267 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,267
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Wettkampf im Sport, der aus zehn leichtathletischen Einzelwettbewerben an zwei Tagen besteht und aus denen eine Gesamtwertung gebildet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zehnkampf · Zehnkampf · German
Zehnkampf · rank #75,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,267
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zapfsäule
Nearest frequency peer: Zapfsäule (-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 „Zehnkampf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- würzige
würzige
24,738 corpus weight
- Zapfsäule
Zapfsäule
24,735 corpus weight
- Zehnkampf
Zehnkampf
24,734 corpus weight
- zeichnest
zeichnest
24,733 corpus weight
- Zeitungsver…
Zeitungsverleger
24,732 corpus weight
- zementieren
zementieren
24,731 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zehnkampf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zehnkampf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡seːnˌkamp͡f] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zehnkampf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zehnkampf is uncommon German at frequency #75,267 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡seːnˌkamp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zehnkampf, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Zehnkampf, spelled Z-E-H-N-K-A-M-P-F.
Definition
- 1ein Wettkampf im Sport, der aus zehn leichtathletischen Einzelwettbewerben an zwei Tagen besteht und aus denen eine Gesamtwertung gebildet wird
- 2antiker Zehnkampf, auch als Dekathlon bezeichnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zehnkampf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es haben viele Sportlerinnen und Sportler am Olympischen Zehnkampf teilgenommen.
Der Zehnkapf besteht heute aus vier Lauf-, drei Sprung- und drei Wurfdisziplinen und erfordert eine große Vielseitigkeit und Ausdauer der Sportler.
Antonyms
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); 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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