Zeitungspapier

/[ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋspaˌpiːɐ̯]/ noun

The verdict

“Zeitungspapier” is an uncommon German word, ranked #63,962 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#63,962
frequency rank, German
14
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Papier, das für den Druck von Zeitungen verwendet wird

Key facts for Zeitungspapier
PropertyValue
HeadwordZeitungspapier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋspaˌpiːɐ̯]
Letters14
Frequency rank#63,962
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Zeitungspapier” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Zeitungspapier lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zeitungspapier is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋspaˌpiːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,962 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Papier, das für den Druck von Zeitungen verwendet wird".

No misspelling variants are generated for Zeitungspapier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Zeitungspapier, spelled Z-E-I-T-U-N-G-S-P-A-P-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Papier, das für den Druck von Zeitungen verwendet wird

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #63,962 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zeitungspapier"?
"Zeitungspapier" is spelled Z-E-I-T-U-N-G-S-P-A-P-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋspaˌpiːɐ̯].
What does "Zeitungspapier" mean?
As a noun, "Zeitungspapier" means: Papier, das für den Druck von Zeitungen verwendet wird
How do you pronounce "Zeitungspapier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zeitungspapier" is [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋspaˌpiːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zeitungspapier" come from?
"Zeitungspapier" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Zeitungspapier”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is Z-E-I-T-U-N-G-S-P-A-P-I-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋspaˌpiːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter Z in our German index:

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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.