Ziegenbock

[ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌbɔk]

/[ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌbɔk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ziegenbock” is uncommon German (frequency #79,983 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,983
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männliches Ziegentier

Corpus desk

Index DE-ziegenbock · Ziegenbock · German

Ziegenbock · rank #79,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,983
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zia

Nearest frequency peer: zia (-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 „Ziegenbock“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ziegenbock
PropertyValue
HeadwordZiegenbock
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌbɔk]
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,983
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ziegenbock“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ziegenbockfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zia“ (#79,982), „Zielland“ (#79,984), „zerschlägt“ (#79,981). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Ziegenbock“ bei #79,983. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ziegenbock is uncommon German at frequency #79,983 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌbɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männliches Ziegentier".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ziegenbock, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 Ziegenbock, spelled Z-I-E-G-E-N-B-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    männliches Ziegentier

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ziegenbock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vor dem recht wilden Ziegenbock im Streichelzoo haben viele Kinder ein bisschen Angst.
  2. „Der Ziegenbock meckerte, als wäre er darüber erbost.“

Synonyms

Geißbock

Antonyms

weiblichesZiegentier

This word in other languages

billy-goat(English)cabrón(Español)bouc(Français)

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 "Ziegenbock"?
"Ziegenbock" is spelled Z-I-E-G-E-N-B-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌbɔk].
What does "Ziegenbock" mean?
As a noun, "Ziegenbock" means: männliches Ziegentier
How do you pronounce "Ziegenbock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ziegenbock" is [ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌbɔk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ziegenbock" come from?
"Ziegenbock" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

zerschlägt#79,981zerbröselt#79,979Zellerfeld#79,978zumutbaren#79,991

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list