zeitgerecht
[ˈt͡saɪ̯tɡəˌʁɛçt]
The verdict
“zeitgerecht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Erwartungen und Möglichkeiten der Jetztzeit angemessen, entsprechend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zeitgerecht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯tɡəˌʁɛçt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zeitgerecht” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zeitgerecht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯tɡəˌʁɛçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zeitgerecht has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zeitgerecht, spelled Z-E-I-T-G-E-R-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1den Erwartungen und Möglichkeiten der Jetztzeit angemessen, entsprechend
- 2zur rechten Zeit
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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.
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Using “zeitgerecht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-I-T-G-E-R-E-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡saɪ̯tɡəˌʁɛçt] (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
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.