Zeit ist Geld

/[t͡saɪ̯t ɪst ɡɛlt]/ phrase

The verdict

“Zeit ist Geld” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: die Zeit ist so wertvoll wie Geld und sollte genutzt werden

Key facts for Zeit ist Geld
PropertyValue
HeadwordZeit ist Geld
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[t͡saɪ̯t ɪst ɡɛlt]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Zeit ist Geld” sits in German frequency

Zeit ist Geld falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zeit ist Geld is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡saɪ̯t ɪst ɡɛlt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Zeit ist so wertvoll wie Geld und sollte genutzt werden".

No misspelling variants are generated for Zeit ist Geld 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 Zeit ist Geld, spelled Z-E-I-T- -I-S-T- -G-E-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Zeit ist so wertvoll wie Geld und sollte genutzt werden

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zeit ist Geld"?
"Zeit ist Geld" is spelled Z-E-I-T- -I-S-T- -G-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡saɪ̯t ɪst ɡɛlt].
What does "Zeit ist Geld" mean?
As a phrase, "Zeit ist Geld" means: die Zeit ist so wertvoll wie Geld und sollte genutzt werden
How do you pronounce "Zeit ist Geld"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zeit ist Geld" is [t͡saɪ̯t ɪst ɡɛlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zeit ist Geld" come from?
"Zeit ist Geld" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Zeit ist Geld”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is Z-E-I-T- -I-S-T- -G-E-L-D — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [t͡saɪ̯t ɪst ɡɛlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.