Zerrspiegel
German, noun/ˈt͡sɛʁˌʃpiːɡl̩/
Zerrspiegel is spelled Z-E-R-R-S-P-I-E-G-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerrspiegel is a German masculine noun meaning “distorting mirror” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Spiegel, der das Abbild verzerrt darstellt”.
What does Zerrspiegel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedistorting mirror
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spiegel, der das Abbild verzerrt darstellt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Zerrspiegel
- Zerrspiegels genitive
- Zerrspiegeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zerrspiegel?
- /ˈt͡sɛʁˌʃpiːɡl̩/
- [ˈt͡sɛʁˌʃpiːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zerrspiegel in German?
Zerrspiegel appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).