Zigtausende

[t͡sɪçˈtaʊ̯zəndə]

/[t͡sɪçˈtaʊ̯zəndə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zigtausende” is uncommon German (frequency #71,024 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,024
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zigtausend

Corpus desk

Index DE-zigtausende · Zigtausende · German

Zigtausende · rank #71,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,024
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zielperson

Nearest frequency peer: Zielperson (-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 „Zigtausende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zigtausende
PropertyValue
HeadwordZigtausende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t͡sɪçˈtaʊ̯zəndə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zigtausende“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zielperson“ (#71,023), „Zuckergehalt“ (#71,025), „Zielerreichung“ (#71,022). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zigtausende“ bei #71,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zigtausende is uncommon German at frequency #71,024 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɪçˈtaʊ̯zəndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zigtausende doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.

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 Zigtausende, spelled Z-I-G-T-A-U-S-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zigtausend
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Zigtausend
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Zigtausend

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 "Zigtausende"?
"Zigtausende" is spelled Z-I-G-T-A-U-S-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sɪçˈtaʊ̯zəndə].
What does "Zigtausende" mean?
As a noun, "Zigtausende" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zigtausend
How do you pronounce "Zigtausende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zigtausende" is [t͡sɪçˈtaʊ̯zəndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zigtausende" come from?
"Zigtausende" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zeitstempel#71,020wundersamen#71,015Zweiteilung#71,036äthiopische#71,039

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list