Zimmermädchen

[ˈt͡sɪmɐˌmɛːtçən]

/[ˈt͡sɪmɐˌmɛːtçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zimmermädchen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,703 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,703
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die für die Pflege von Hotelzimmern beschäftigt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-zimmermadchen · Zimmermädchen · German

Zimmermädchen · rank #56,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,703
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zither

Nearest frequency peer: Zither (+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 „Zimmermädchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zimmermädchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordZimmermädchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡sɪmɐˌmɛːtçən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,703
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zimmermädchen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zither“ (#56,704), „Zierde“ (#56,701), „zivilrechtlichen“ (#56,705). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zimmermädchen“ bei #56,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zimmermädchen is uncommon German at frequency #56,703 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɪmɐˌmɛːtçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die für die Pflege von Hotelzimmern beschäftigt ist".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zimmermädchen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zimmermädchen, spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-M-Ä-D-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die für die Pflege von Hotelzimmern beschäftigt ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Man will sich ansehen, was am schönsten ist, man fragt den Portier, den Hausdiener, den Kellner und das Zimmermädchen und bekommt von jedem eine andere Antwort, und schließlich hält man sich an den Baedeker und läuft die Sternchen ab, jeder auf seine Weise.“
  2. „Die Zimmermädchen machen mir spitze Lippen und geben küssende Laute von sich.“

Synonyms

Stubenmädchen

This word in other languages

femme de chambre(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 "Zimmermädchen"?
"Zimmermädchen" is spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-M-Ä-D-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɪmɐˌmɛːtçən].
What does "Zimmermädchen" mean?
As a noun, "Zimmermädchen" means: weibliche Person, die für die Pflege von Hotelzimmern beschäftigt ist
How do you pronounce "Zimmermädchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zimmermädchen" is [ˈt͡sɪmɐˌmɛːtçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zimmermädchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zweifelhafter#56,713weihnachtlich#56,677afrikanisches#56,732Alemannischen#56,739

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list