Zentralschweiz
[t͡sɛnˈtʁaːlˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s]
The verdict
“Zentralschweiz” is uncommon German (frequency #60,276 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,276
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zentrales Gebiet der Schweiz, das die Kantone Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden und Zug umfasst und nördlich des Alpenkammes liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zentralschweiz · Zentralschweiz · German
Zentralschweiz · rank #60,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,276
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zenith
Nearest frequency peer: zenith (-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 „Zentralschweiz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zeichentric…
Zeichentrickfilm
39,728 corpus weight
- Zeitungsber…
Zeitungsbericht
39,727 corpus weight
- zenith
zenith
39,726 corpus weight
- Zentralschw…
Zentralschweiz
39,725 corpus weight
- Zeughaus
Zeughaus
39,724 corpus weight
- Ziegelsteine
Ziegelsteine
39,723 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zentralschweiz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zentralschweiz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɛnˈtʁaːlˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #60,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zentralschweiz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zentralschweiz is uncommon German at frequency #60,276 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɛnˈtʁaːlˌʃvaɪ̯t͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zentrales Gebiet der Schweiz, das die Kantone Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden und Zug umfasst und nördlich des Alpenkammes liegt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zentralschweiz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 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 Zentralschweiz, spelled Z-E-N-T-R-A-L-S-C-H-W-E-I-Z.
Definition
- 1zentrales Gebiet der Schweiz, das die Kantone Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden und Zug umfasst und nördlich des Alpenkammes liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zentralschweiz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch im Sommer 1918 war die Familie bereits in einem Grandhotel in der Zentralschweiz.“
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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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