Zeitschaltuhr
[ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌʃaltʔuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Zeitschaltuhr” is uncommon German (frequency #96,557 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,557
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uhr, die einen elektrischen Kontakt zu einer beliebig eingestellten Zeit ein- oder ausschaltet, um bestimmte Vorgänge zu automatisieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-zeitschaltuhr · Zeitschaltuhr · German
Zeitschaltuhr · rank #96,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,557
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zeitgleiche
Nearest frequency peer: zeitgleiche (-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 „Zeitschaltuhr“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zeichnerisc…
zeichnerischen
3,446 corpus weight
- zeitgleiche
zeitgleiche
3,445 corpus weight
- Zeitschaltu…
Zeitschaltuhr
3,444 corpus weight
- zensierte
zensierte
3,443 corpus weight
- zertrümmert…
zertrümmerten
3,442 corpus weight
- Ziegeleien
Ziegeleien
3,441 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zeitschaltuhr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeitschaltuhr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌʃaltʔuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #96,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zeitschaltuhr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zeitschaltuhr is uncommon German at frequency #96,557 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌʃaltʔuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Uhr, die einen elektrischen Kontakt zu einer beliebig eingestellten Zeit ein- oder ausschaltet, um bestimmte Vorgänge zu automatisieren".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zeitschaltuhr, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Zeitschaltuhr, spelled Z-E-I-T-S-C-H-A-L-T-U-H-R.
Definition
- 1Uhr, die einen elektrischen Kontakt zu einer beliebig eingestellten Zeit ein- oder ausschaltet, um bestimmte Vorgänge zu automatisieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zeitschaltuhr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für ihre Weihnachtsbeleuchtung nutzen sie eine Zeitschaltuhr, die die Lichterketten um Mitternacht ausschaltet.
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This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).