Ziegenmilch

[ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɪlç]

/[ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɪlç]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ziegenmilch” is uncommon German (frequency #87,309 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,309
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Milch von der Ziege

Corpus desk

Index DE-ziegenmilch · Ziegenmilch · German

Ziegenmilch · rank #87,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,309
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ziegelsteinen

Nearest frequency peer: Ziegelsteinen (-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 „Ziegenmilch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ziegenmilch
PropertyValue
HeadwordZiegenmilch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɪlç]
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,309
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ziegenmilch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ziegelsteinen“ (#87,308), „zigtausend“ (#87,310), „zie“ (#87,307). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Ziegenmilch“ bei #87,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ziegenmilch is uncommon German at frequency #87,309 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɪlç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Milch von der Ziege".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ziegenmilch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ziegenmilch, spelled Z-I-E-G-E-N-M-I-L-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Milch von der Ziege

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ziegenmilch soll gesund sein.
  2. „Ich fuhr mit dem Schreiben fort, und die Frau kam mit der Ziegenmilch die Treppe herauf.“

This word in other languages

goat's milk(English)

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 "Ziegenmilch"?
"Ziegenmilch" is spelled Z-I-E-G-E-N-M-I-L-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɪlç].
What does "Ziegenmilch" mean?
As a noun, "Ziegenmilch" means: Milch von der Ziege
How do you pronounce "Ziegenmilch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ziegenmilch" is [ˈt͡siːɡn̩ˌmɪlç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ziegenmilch" come from?
"Ziegenmilch" 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 "Ziegenmilch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zelebrierte#87,302Zeitverlauf#87,301zurücknimmt#87,317überflügelt#87,335

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list