Zimmerer

[ˈt͡sɪməʁɐ]

/[ˈt͡sɪməʁɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zimmerer” is uncommon German (frequency #51,051 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,051
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bauhandwerker, der mit Holz arbeitet

Corpus desk

Index DE-zimmerer · Zimmerer · German

Zimmerer · rank #51,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,051
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zick

Nearest frequency peer: zick (-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 „Zimmerer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zimmerer
PropertyValue
HeadwordZimmerer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡sɪməʁɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zimmerer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zick“ (#51,050), „Zivilprozess“ (#51,052), „Zeitmangel“ (#51,049). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zimmerer“ bei #51,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zimmerer is uncommon German at frequency #51,051 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɪməʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bauhandwerker, der mit Holz arbeitet".

Zimmerer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zimmerer, spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bauhandwerker, der mit Holz arbeitet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Sein Azubi hat einem Zimmerer auf einer Baustelle in Schwaben versehentlich einen Nagel durchs Handgelenk geschossen.“

Synonyms

Zimmermann

This word in other languages

carpenter(English)charpentier(Français)

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 "Zimmerer"?
"Zimmerer" is spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɪməʁɐ].
What does "Zimmerer" mean?
As a noun, "Zimmerer" means: Bauhandwerker, der mit Holz arbeitet
How do you pronounce "Zimmerer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zimmerer" is [ˈt͡sɪməʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zimmerer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zugkraft#51,056Zauberin#51,044zusetzen#51,059Zweifler#51,060

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list