Zerbrechlichkeit
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Zerbrechlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #97,996 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,996
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, leicht zu zerbrechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerbrechlichkeit · Zerbrechlichkeit · German
Zerbrechlichkeit · rank #97,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,996
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zeitnahen
Nearest frequency peer: zeitnahen (-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 „Zerbrechlichkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zahnmedizin…
Zahnmediziner
2,010 corpus weight
- Zauberkraft
Zauberkraft
2,009 corpus weight
- Zauberwürfel
Zauberwürfel
2,008 corpus weight
- zeitnahen
zeitnahen
2,006 corpus weight
- Zerbrechlic…
Zerbrechlichkeit
2,005 corpus weight
- zielführende
zielführende
2,003 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zerbrechlichkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zerbrechlichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #97,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zerbrechlichkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zerbrechlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #97,996 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, leicht zu zerbrechen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zerbrechlichkeit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zerbrechlichkeit, spelled Z-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, leicht zu zerbrechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zerbrechlichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Gefühl ihrer Zerbrechlichkeit war so stark, daß sie zusammenfuhr, als eine Frau zu ihrer Linken auftauchte, die im gleichen Schritt neben ihr ging.“
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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