ZNS
[t͡sɛtʔɛnˈʔɛs]
The verdict
“ZNS” is uncommon German (frequency #69,921 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,921
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zentralnervensystem
Corpus desk
Index DE-zns · ZNS · German
ZNS · rank #69,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,921
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zifferblatt
Nearest frequency peer: Zifferblatt (-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 „ZNS“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zeitungsver…
Zeitungsverlag
30,083 corpus weight
- Zifferblatt
Zifferblatt
30,081 corpus weight
- ZNS
ZNS
30,080 corpus weight
- zon
zon
30,079 corpus weight
- zugeschrieb…
zugeschriebenen
30,078 corpus weight
- zugeteilten
zugeteilten
30,077 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ZNS“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ZNS |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [t͡sɛtʔɛnˈʔɛs] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ZNS“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ZNS is uncommon German at frequency #69,921 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [t͡sɛtʔɛnˈʔɛs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zentralnervensystem".
ZNS has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ZNS, spelled Z-N-S.
Definition
- 1Zentralnervensystem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ZNS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ZNS umfasst das Gehirn und das Rückenmark.
Die Übermittlung der Informationen vom ZNS (also vom Gehirn bzw. Rückenmark) zu den anderen Körperteilen erfolgt aufgrund bestimmter elektrischer Impulse.
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.
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