zine

noun

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The verdict

“zine” is uncommon German (frequency #91,186 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,186
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurzform von zinema ^(→ eu) → Kino n

Corpus desk

Index DE-zine · zine · German

zine · rank #91,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,186
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zinke

Nearest frequency peer: Zinke (+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 „zine“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zine
PropertyValue
Headwordzine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,186
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zine“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zinke“ (#91,187), „Zitzen“ (#91,188), „zertifizieren“ (#91,183). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zine“ bei #91,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zine is uncommon German at frequency #91,186 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurzform von zinema ^(→ eu) → Kino n".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zine, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zine, spelled Z-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kurzform von zinema ^(→ eu) → Kino n

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Non ^(→ eu) da zinea? → Wo ist das Kino?

Antonyms

TheaterMuseumOper

This word in other languages

cinema(English)

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 "zine"?
"zine" is spelled Z-I-N-E.
What does "zine" mean?
As a noun, "zine" means: Kurzform von zinema ^(→ eu) → Kino n
What language does "zine" come from?
"zine" 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 "zine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ADSL#91,246Akts#91,254bort#91,402Teri#90,968

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list