Zollamt
[ˈt͡sɔlˌʔamt]
The verdict
“Zollamt” is uncommon German (frequency #62,126 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,126
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - öffentliche Dienststelle, Behörde, welche für die Abgabe für die Einfuhr/Ausfuhr von Waren in ein abgegrenztes Gebiet zuständig ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zollamt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɔlˌʔamt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zollamt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zollamt is uncommon German at frequency #62,126 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɔlˌʔamt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "öffentliche Dienststelle, Behörde, welche für die Abgabe für die Einfuhr/Ausfuhr von Waren in ein abgegrenztes Gebiet zuständig ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zollamt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zollamt, spelled Z-O-L-L-A-M-T.
Definition
- 1öffentliche Dienststelle, Behörde, welche für die Abgabe für die Einfuhr/Ausfuhr von Waren in ein abgegrenztes Gebiet zuständig ist
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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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Using “Zollamt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-O-L-L-A-M-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.