Zielpunkt

[ˈt͡siːlˌpʊŋkt]

/[ˈt͡siːlˌpʊŋkt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zielpunkt” is uncommon German (frequency #51,860 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,860
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angepeilter Punkt

Corpus desk

Index DE-zielpunkt · Zielpunkt · German

Zielpunkt · rank #51,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,860
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ziegelei

Nearest frequency peer: Ziegelei (-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 „Zielpunkt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zielpunkt
PropertyValue
HeadwordZielpunkt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡siːlˌpʊŋkt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,860
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zielpunkt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ziegelei“ (#51,859), „zinnen“ (#51,861), „zurückgefahren“ (#51,862). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zielpunkt“ bei #51,860. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zielpunkt is uncommon German at frequency #51,860 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡siːlˌpʊŋkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zielpunkt, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Zielpunkt, spelled Z-I-E-L-P-U-N-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    angepeilter Punkt
  2. 2
    von einem Instrumentenstandort eingemessener Punkt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Diese Tagungen sind der Zielpunkt der zuvor in den Ausschüssen und Fraktionen geleisteten Arbeit.“
  2. Bei der Messung der Entfernung hatte der Architekt 27 Zielpunkte vorgegeben, die aus jeweils drei Richtungen angepeilt wurden.

Synonyms

Detailpunkt

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 "Zielpunkt"?
"Zielpunkt" is spelled Z-I-E-L-P-U-N-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡siːlˌpʊŋkt].
What does "Zielpunkt" mean?
As a noun, "Zielpunkt" means: angepeilter Punkt
How do you pronounce "Zielpunkt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zielpunkt" is [ˈt͡siːlˌpʊŋkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zielpunkt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Youngster#51,855zuzugehen#51,870Wohlleben#51,848Abschiede#51,894

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list