Zeichenerklärung
[ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩ʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Zeichenerklärung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erklärende Liste der Bedeutungen von verwendeten Symbolen, Farben oder Ähnlichem (zum Beispiel bei einer Karte)
Corpus desk
Index DE-zeichenerklarung · Zeichenerklärung · German
Zeichenerklärung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Zeichenerklärung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩ʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zeichenerklärung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zeichenerklärung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯çn̩ʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erklärende Liste der Bedeutungen von verwendeten Symbolen, Farben oder Ähnlichem (zum Beispiel bei einer Karte)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zeichenerklärung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zeichenerklärung, spelled Z-E-I-C-H-E-N-E-R-K-L-Ä-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1erklärende Liste der Bedeutungen von verwendeten Symbolen, Farben oder Ähnlichem (zum Beispiel bei einer Karte)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zeichenerklärung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Zeichenerklärung (Legende) werden die Darstellung der Kartenobjekte sowie die Objektbeschriftung erläutert.“
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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.