Zimmerdecke

[ˈt͡sɪmɐˌdɛkə]

/[ˈt͡sɪmɐˌdɛkə]/ noun

The verdict

“Zimmerdecke” is uncommon German (frequency #82,395 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,395
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschlossene Fläche, die einen Raum nach oben begrenzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-zimmerdecke · Zimmerdecke · German

Zimmerdecke · rank #82,395 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,395
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ziller

Nearest frequency peer: Ziller (-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 „Zimmerdecke“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zimmerdecke
PropertyValue
HeadwordZimmerdecke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡sɪmɐˌdɛkə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#82,395
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zimmerdecke“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Zimmerdeckefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ziller“ (#82,394), „Zimmerei“ (#82,396), „zornigen“ (#82,397). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zimmerdecke“ bei #82,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zimmerdecke is uncommon German at frequency #82,395 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɪmɐˌdɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschlossene Fläche, die einen Raum nach oben begrenzt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Zimmerdecke in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zimmerdecke, spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-D-E-C-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    geschlossene Fläche, die einen Raum nach oben begrenzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Zimmerdecke war reich mit Stuck verziert.
  2. „Ich sah, wie Bertram einen Blick zur Zimmerdecke schickte, sah, wie der Mutter das Blut zu Kopf stieg.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

Zimmerboden

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zimmerdecke"?
"Zimmerdecke" is spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-D-E-C-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɪmɐˌdɛkə].
What does "Zimmerdecke" mean?
As a noun, "Zimmerdecke" means: geschlossene Fläche, die einen Raum nach oben begrenzt
How do you pronounce "Zimmerdecke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zimmerdecke" is [ˈt͡sɪmɐˌdɛkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zimmerdecke" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list