Zitronenbaum
[t͡siˈtʁoːnənˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Zitronenbaum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - halbtropischer, immergrüner Baum (Wissenschaftlicher Name: Citrus limon)
Corpus desk
Index DE-zitronenbaum · Zitronenbaum · German
Zitronenbaum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Zitronenbaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡siˈtʁoːnənˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zitronenbaum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zitronenbaum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡siˈtʁoːnənˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "halbtropischer, immergrüner Baum (Wissenschaftlicher Name: Citrus limon)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zitronenbaum, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zitronenbaum, spelled Z-I-T-R-O-N-E-N-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1halbtropischer, immergrüner Baum (Wissenschaftlicher Name: Citrus limon)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zitronenbaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zitronenbäume können bei uns nicht im Freien überwintern.
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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.