Zöglinge

[ˈt͡søːklɪŋə]

/[ˈt͡søːklɪŋə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zöglinge” is uncommon German (frequency #66,922 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,922
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zögling

Corpus desk

Index DE-zoglinge · Zöglinge · German

Zöglinge · rank #66,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,922
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zweimaligen

Nearest frequency peer: zweimaligen (-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 „Zöglinge“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zöglinge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zöglinge
PropertyValue
HeadwordZöglinge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡søːklɪŋə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zöglinge“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Zöglingefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zweimaligen“ (#66,921), „zünd“ (#66,923), „zweigt“ (#66,920). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zöglinge“ bei #66,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zöglinge is uncommon German at frequency #66,922 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡søːklɪŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Zöglinge in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Zöglinge, spelled Z-Ö-G-L-I-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zögling
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Zögling
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Zögling

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zöglinge"?
"Zöglinge" is spelled Z-Ö-G-L-I-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡søːklɪŋə].
What does "Zöglinge" mean?
As a noun, "Zöglinge" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Zögling
How do you pronounce "Zöglinge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zöglinge" is [ˈt͡søːklɪŋə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zöglinge" come from?
"Zöglinge" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zöglinge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abwinken#66,941Zimbabwe#66,903Zellkern#66,897Zeitwert#66,896

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list