Zielperson

[ˈt͡siːlpɛʁˌzoːn]

/[ˈt͡siːlpɛʁˌzoːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Zielperson” is uncommon German (frequency #71,023 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,023
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, welche das Ziel einer Aktion ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-zielperson · Zielperson · German

Zielperson · rank #71,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,023
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zielerreichung

Nearest frequency peer: Zielerreichung (-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 „Zielperson“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zielperson
PropertyValue
HeadwordZielperson
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡siːlpɛʁˌzoːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,023
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zielperson“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Zielpersonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zielerreichung“ (#71,022), „Zigtausende“ (#71,024), „zeugten“ (#71,021). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zielperson“ bei #71,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zielperson is uncommon German at frequency #71,023 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡siːlpɛʁˌzoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, welche das Ziel einer Aktion ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zielperson, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 Zielperson, spelled Z-I-E-L-P-E-R-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, welche das Ziel einer Aktion ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Zielperson war zu Hause, aber das war nicht weiter verwunderlich.“
  2. „Andere Bewaffnete, erklärte er, würden sich um die Leibwächter kümmern, die den Kandidaten umringten, der Attentäter brauche sich nur auf die eigentliche Zielperson zu konzentrieren.“

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 "Zielperson"?
"Zielperson" is spelled Z-I-E-L-P-E-R-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡siːlpɛʁˌzoːn].
What does "Zielperson" mean?
As a noun, "Zielperson" means: Person, welche das Ziel einer Aktion ist
How do you pronounce "Zielperson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zielperson" is [ˈt͡siːlpɛʁˌzoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zielperson" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list