Zeitsoldat
[ˈt͡saɪ̯tzɔlˌdaːt]
The verdict
“Zeitsoldat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die freiwillig für eine bestimmte Zeit in einer Armee dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-zeitsoldat · Zeitsoldat · German
Zeitsoldat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeitsoldat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯tzɔlˌdaːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zeitsoldat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zeitsoldat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯tzɔlˌdaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die freiwillig für eine bestimmte Zeit in einer Armee dient".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zeitsoldat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zeitsoldat, spelled Z-E-I-T-S-O-L-D-A-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die freiwillig für eine bestimmte Zeit in einer Armee dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zeitsoldat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwar wird kein Berufs- oder Zeitsoldat arbeitslos werden. Dennoch wirkt sich der Umbau der deutschen Streitkräfte im Zeichen der globalen Einsatzbereitschaft in den kleineren und strukturschwachen Städten und Kreisen drastisch aus.“
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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.