Ziehvater

[ˈt͡siːfaːtɐ]

/[ˈt͡siːfaːtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ziehvater” is uncommon German (frequency #99,380 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,380
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mann, der vorübergehend oder dauerhaft Kinder anderer Eltern aufnimmt

Corpus desk

Index DE-ziehvater · Ziehvater · German

Ziehvater · rank #99,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,380
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zielscheiben

Nearest frequency peer: Zielscheiben (+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 „Ziehvater“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ziehvater
PropertyValue
HeadwordZiehvater
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡siːfaːtɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,380
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ziehvater“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zielscheiben“ (#99,381), „zijn“ (#99,383), „zerschneidet“ (#99,376). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Ziehvater“ bei #99,380. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ziehvater is uncommon German at frequency #99,380 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡siːfaːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Ziehvater in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ziehvater, spelled Z-I-E-H-V-A-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mann, der vorübergehend oder dauerhaft Kinder anderer Eltern aufnimmt
  2. 2
    Mentor, unterstützender Begleiter

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Ziehvater liebte seine Ziehtochter wie die eigenen Kinder.
  2. Der Firmenchef ist zugleich Ziehvater des Projektes.

Synonyms

Pflegevater

This word in other languages

mentor(English)mentor(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 "Ziehvater"?
"Ziehvater" is spelled Z-I-E-H-V-A-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡siːfaːtɐ].
What does "Ziehvater" mean?
As a noun, "Ziehvater" means: Mann, der vorübergehend oder dauerhaft Kinder anderer Eltern aufnimmt
How do you pronounce "Ziehvater"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ziehvater" is [ˈt͡siːfaːtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ziehvater" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zisternen#99,386zerfetzte#99,373Zeitpläne#99,369Zeichnern#99,367

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list