zinnen

[ˈt͡sɪnən]

/[ˈt͡sɪnən]/ adj

The verdict

“zinnen” is uncommon German (frequency #51,861 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,861
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Zinn bestehend, aus Zinn gefertigt

Corpus desk

Index DE-zinnen · zinnen · German

zinnen · rank #51,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,861
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zielpunkt

Nearest frequency peer: Zielpunkt (-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 „zinnen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zinnen
PropertyValue
Headwordzinnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈt͡sɪnən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zinnen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zinnenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zielpunkt“ (#51,860), „zurückgefahren“ (#51,862), „Ziegelei“ (#51,859). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zinnen“ bei #51,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zinnen is uncommon German at frequency #51,861 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sɪnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Zinn bestehend, aus Zinn gefertigt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zinnen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zinnen, spelled Z-I-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus Zinn bestehend, aus Zinn gefertigt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Meine Großeltern haben eine ganze Vitrine mit gesammelten zinnenen Bechern und Tellern.

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 "zinnen"?
"zinnen" is spelled Z-I-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɪnən].
What does "zinnen" mean?
As an adjective, "zinnen" means: aus Zinn bestehend, aus Zinn gefertigt
How do you pronounce "zinnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zinnen" is [ˈt͡sɪnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zinnen" come from?
"zinnen" 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 "zinnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list