zem
[zɛm]
The verdict
“zem” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fester Teil der Erdoberfläche; waagrechte Fläche, auf der wir gehen; Erde, Erdboden, Boden, Fußboden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zem · zem · German
zem · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | zem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɛm] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zem is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɛm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fester Teil der Erdoberfläche; waagrechte Fläche, auf der wir gehen; Erde, Erdboden, Boden, Fußboden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zem in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zem, spelled Z-E-M.
Definition
- 1fester Teil der Erdoberfläche; waagrechte Fläche, auf der wir gehen; Erde, Erdboden, Boden, Fußboden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Neházejte špačky na zem, znečišťujete oceány! To říkají dvě nové ikonky, červená zákazová a modrá se želvičkou, které se letos v létě začaly objevovat na cigaretových krabičkách spolu s nápisem „Plast ve filtru“.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.