Ziegeleien

[t͡siːɡəˈlaɪ̯ən]

/[t͡siːɡəˈlaɪ̯ən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ziegeleien” is uncommon German (frequency #96,560 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,560
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ziegelei

Corpus desk

Index DE-ziegeleien · Ziegeleien · German

Ziegeleien · rank #96,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,560
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zertrümmerten

Nearest frequency peer: zertrümmerten (-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 „Ziegeleien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ziegeleien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ziegeleien
PropertyValue
HeadwordZiegeleien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡siːɡəˈlaɪ̯ən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,560
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ziegeleien“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ziegeleienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zertrümmerten“ (#96,559), „Zimmerpflanze“ (#96,561), „zensierte“ (#96,558). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Ziegeleien“ bei #96,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ziegeleien is uncommon German at frequency #96,560 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡siːɡəˈlaɪ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Ziegeleien in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Ziegeleien, spelled Z-I-E-G-E-L-E-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ziegelei
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Ziegelei
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Ziegelei
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Ziegelei

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ziegeleien"?
"Ziegeleien" is spelled Z-I-E-G-E-L-E-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡siːɡəˈlaɪ̯ən].
What does "Ziegeleien" mean?
As a noun, "Ziegeleien" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ziegelei
How do you pronounce "Ziegeleien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ziegeleien" is [t͡siːɡəˈlaɪ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ziegeleien" come from?
"Ziegeleien" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ziegeleien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zuhälterei#96,571zwanzigste#96,579abfälligen#96,598abgespeckt#96,601

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list