Zigeunerin
[t͡siˈɡɔɪ̯nəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Zigeunerin” is uncommon German (frequency #74,216 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,216
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegebenenfalls abwertend:
Corpus desk
Index DE-zigeunerin · Zigeunerin · German
Zigeunerin · rank #74,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,216
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zerstreute
Nearest frequency peer: zerstreute (-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 „Zigeunerin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zentralorgan
Zentralorgan
25,788 corpus weight
- zermürbt
zermürbt
25,787 corpus weight
- zerstreute
zerstreute
25,786 corpus weight
- Zigeunerin
Zigeunerin
25,785 corpus weight
- zim
zim
25,784 corpus weight
- zischte
zischte
25,783 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zigeunerin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zigeunerin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡siˈɡɔɪ̯nəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zigeunerin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zigeunerin is uncommon German at frequency #74,216 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡siˈɡɔɪ̯nəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zigeunerin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Zigeunerin, spelled Z-I-G-E-U-N-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1gegebenenfalls abwertend:
- 2Angehörige der Ethnie der Roma
- 3unordentliche, faule und unstete Frau
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zigeunerin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihrem Aussehen nach könnte sie eine Zigeunerin sein.
„Die Schupos gehen nicht wie sonst vor dem Haus auf und ab, die Zigeunerinnen sind weg.“
This word in other languages
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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