Zitterlaut
[ˈt͡sɪtɐˌlaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“Zitterlaut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Terminus für Vibrant; Zitterlaute sind diejenigen [R]-Laute, die als Vibranten und nicht als Frikative oder vokalisch gesprochen werden.
Corpus desk
Index DE-zitterlaut · Zitterlaut · German
Zitterlaut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Zitterlaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɪtɐˌlaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zitterlaut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zitterlaut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɪtɐˌlaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher Terminus für Vibrant; Zitterlaute sind diejenigen [R]-Laute, die als Vibranten und nicht als Frikative oder vokalisch gesprochen werden.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zitterlaut in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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, 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 Zitterlaut, spelled Z-I-T-T-E-R-L-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1deutscher Terminus für Vibrant; Zitterlaute sind diejenigen [R]-Laute, die als Vibranten und nicht als Frikative oder vokalisch gesprochen werden.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zitterlaut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der erste Laut von Wörtern wie „Rast“, „rasen“, „Rost“ kann als Zitterlaut gesprochen werden.
„Der Zitterlaut R.“
Synonyms
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.