Zitronatzitrone
[t͡sitʁoˈnaːtt͡siˌtʁoːnə]
The verdict
“Zitronatzitrone” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exemplar der Baumart Citrus medica
Corpus desk
Index DE-zitronatzitrone · Zitronatzitrone · German
Zitronatzitrone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zitronatzitrone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sitʁoˈnaːtt͡siˌtʁoːnə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zitronatzitrone“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zitronatzitrone is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sitʁoˈnaːtt͡siˌtʁoːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zitronatzitrone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Zitronatzitrone, spelled Z-I-T-R-O-N-A-T-Z-I-T-R-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Exemplar der Baumart Citrus medica
- 2Zitrusfrucht mit sehr dicker, runzeliger Schale, die an [1] wächst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zitronatzitrone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bis Anfang des 18. Jh. entsprach „Citrus“ in der Regel der Zitronatzitrone (C. medica L.). Im 18. Jh. verdrängte jedoch in Deutschland und wohl auch anderen mitteleuropäischen Ländern die vorher weniger gebräuchliche Limone zunehmend die Zitronatszitrone.“
„Die Zitronatzitrone war die erste Zitrusfrucht, die nach Europa eingeführt wurde.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.