Zeitform

[ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfɔʁm]

/[ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfɔʁm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zeitform” is uncommon German (frequency #99,368 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,368
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Form des Verbs, mit der eine der Zeitstufen ausgedrückt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-zeitform · Zeitform · German

Zeitform · rank #99,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,368
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zeichnern

Nearest frequency peer: Zeichnern (-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 „Zeitform“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zeitform“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zeitform
PropertyValue
HeadwordZeitform
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfɔʁm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,368
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zeitform“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Zeitformfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zeichnern“ (#99,367), „Zeitpläne“ (#99,369), „zaristischen“ (#99,366). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zeitform“ bei #99,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zeitform is uncommon German at frequency #99,368 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfɔʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Form des Verbs, mit der eine der Zeitstufen ausgedrückt wird".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Zeitform in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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. The correct German form is Zeitform, spelled Z-E-I-T-F-O-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Form des Verbs, mit der eine der Zeitstufen ausgedrückt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zeitform appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Im Polnischen gibt es nur drei Zeitformen: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft.“
  2. „Auch kann ich ein Verb in allen Zeitformen konjugieren oder es am Ende eines Nebensatzes einordnen.“

Synonyms

Tempus

This word in other languages

tense(English)tiempo(Español)temps(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zeitform"?
"Zeitform" is spelled Z-E-I-T-F-O-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfɔʁm].
What does "Zeitform" mean?
As a noun, "Zeitform" means: Form des Verbs, mit der eine der Zeitstufen ausgedrückt wird
How do you pronounce "Zeitform"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zeitform" is [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌfɔʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zeitform" come from?
"Zeitform" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zeitform", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zellwand#99,371zerfickt#99,374zufahren#99,389Wildbret#99,344

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list