Zoologe
[ˌt͡sooˈloːɡə]
The verdict
“Zoologe” is uncommon German (frequency #87,312 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,312
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaftler, der sich mit der Anatomie, der Physiologie und dem Verhalten der Tiere also mit der Zoologie beschäftigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zoologe · Zoologe · German
Zoologe · rank #87,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,312
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zirpen
Nearest frequency peer: zirpen (-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 „Zoologe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ziegenmilch
Ziegenmilch
12,692 corpus weight
- zigtausend
zigtausend
12,691 corpus weight
- zirpen
zirpen
12,690 corpus weight
- Zoologe
Zoologe
12,689 corpus weight
- zucke
zucke
12,688 corpus weight
- zue
zue
12,686 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zoologe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zoologe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌt͡sooˈloːɡə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zoologe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zoologe is uncommon German at frequency #87,312 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌt͡sooˈloːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaftler, der sich mit der Anatomie, der Physiologie und dem Verhalten der Tiere also mit der Zoologie beschäftigt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zoologe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Zoologe, spelled Z-O-O-L-O-G-E.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaftler, der sich mit der Anatomie, der Physiologie und dem Verhalten der Tiere also mit der Zoologie beschäftigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zoologe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich würde gerne als Zoologe arbeiten.
„Er entdeckte bzw. beschrieb erstmals etliche Pflanzenarten, untersuchte Tiere und Pflanzen auf dem Balkan, dem Kaukasus, in Südrussland und war in seinen späteren Jahren als Zoologe und Naturgeschichtler an der Universität Helsinki.“
Synonyms
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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