Zerbrechlichkeit

/[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

Letters

16 characters

Frequency Rank

#97,996

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Zerbrechlichkeit is aGermannoun. It means: Eigenschaft, leicht zu zerbrechen Pronounced [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t].

Key facts for Zerbrechlichkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordZerbrechlichkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Frequency rank#97,996
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Zerbrechlichkeit in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zerbrechlichkeit is 16 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,996 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Eigenschaft, leicht zu zerbrechen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Zerbrechlichkeit 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 Zerbrechlichkeit, spelled Z-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, leicht zu zerbrechen

Frequency rank: #97,996 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zerbrechlichkeit"?
"Zerbrechlichkeit" is spelled Z-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Zerbrechlichkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Zerbrechlichkeit" means: Eigenschaft, leicht zu zerbrechen
How do you pronounce "Zerbrechlichkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zerbrechlichkeit" is [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zerbrechlichkeit" come from?
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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.