zierten
[ˈt͡siːɐ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“zierten” is uncommon German (frequency #81,197 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,197
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-zierten · zierten · German
zierten · rank #81,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,197
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zirkuliert
Nearest frequency peer: zirkuliert (+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 „zierten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zank
Zank
18,807 corpus weight
- zauberte
zauberte
18,806 corpus weight
- zierten
zierten
18,804 corpus weight
- zirkuliert
zirkuliert
18,803 corpus weight
- Zitats
Zitats
18,802 corpus weight
- ziviles
ziviles
18,801 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zierten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zierten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡siːɐ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zierten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zierten is uncommon German at frequency #81,197 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡siːɐ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for zierten in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zierten, spelled Z-I-E-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zieren
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zieren
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zieren
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zieren
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.
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