Zeitfahren
[ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“Zeitfahren” is uncommon German (frequency #55,051 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,051
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Disziplin, bei der eine Strecke in möglichst kurzer Zeit nur im Kampf gegen die Uhr, also ohne direkten Gegner bewältigt werden muss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeitfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zeitfahren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zeitfahren is uncommon German at frequency #55,051 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disziplin, bei der eine Strecke in möglichst kurzer Zeit nur im Kampf gegen die Uhr, also ohne direkten Gegner bewältigt werden muss".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zeitfahren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Zeitfahren, spelled Z-E-I-T-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Disziplin, bei der eine Strecke in möglichst kurzer Zeit nur im Kampf gegen die Uhr, also ohne direkten Gegner bewältigt werden muss
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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Using “Zeitfahren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-I-T-F-A-H-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.