Zirkelschluss
[ˈt͡sɪʁkl̩ˌʃlʊs]
The verdict
“Zirkelschluss” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - logischer Beweisversuch, bei dem man bereits in einer Prämisse der späteren Konklusion zustimmen muss
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zirkelschluss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɪʁkl̩ˌʃlʊs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zirkelschluss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Zirkelschluss is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡sɪʁkl̩ˌʃlʊs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "logischer Beweisversuch, bei dem man bereits in einer Prämisse der späteren Konklusion zustimmen muss".
No misspelling variants are generated for Zirkelschluss in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Zirkelschluss, spelled Z-I-R-K-E-L-S-C-H-L-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1logischer Beweisversuch, bei dem man bereits in einer Prämisse der späteren Konklusion zustimmen muss
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Zirkelschluss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-I-R-K-E-L-S-C-H-L-U-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sɪʁkl̩ˌʃlʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.