zoophage

Name: zoophage, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[t͡sooˈfaːɡə]

/[t͡sooˈfaːɡə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“zoophage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag

Corpus desk

Index DE-zoophage · zoophage · German

zoophage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-LONG 8 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.

Key facts for zoophage
Property	Value
Headword	zoophage
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[t͡sooˈfaːɡə]
Letters	8
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zoophage“ im Deutschen

zoophageliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zoophage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡sooˈfaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zoophage, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 zoophage, spelled Z-O-O-P-H-A-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zoophage"?

"zoophage" is spelled Z-O-O-P-H-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡sooˈfaːɡə].

What does "zoophage" mean?

As an adjective, "zoophage" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zoophag

How do you pronounce "zoophage"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zoophage" is [t͡sooˈfaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "zoophage" come from?

"zoophage" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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