Zuhörerschaft

[ˈt͡suːhøːʁɐʃaft]

/[ˈt͡suːhøːʁɐʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Zuhörerschaft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #77,589 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#77,589
frequency rank, German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Personen, die einen Vortrag, ein Konzert oder Ähnliches hören

Key facts for Zuhörerschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordZuhörerschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡suːhøːʁɐʃaft]
Letters13
Frequency rank#77,589
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Zuhörerschaft” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Zuhörerschaft lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zuhörerschaft is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡suːhøːʁɐʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,589 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gesamtheit der Personen, die einen Vortrag, ein Konzert oder Ähnliches hören".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zuhörerschaft, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zuhörerschaft, spelled Z-U-H-Ö-R-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Personen, die einen Vortrag, ein Konzert oder Ähnliches hören

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zuhörerschaft"?
"Zuhörerschaft" is spelled Z-U-H-Ö-R-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡suːhøːʁɐʃaft].
What does "Zuhörerschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Zuhörerschaft" means: Gesamtheit der Personen, die einen Vortrag, ein Konzert oder Ähnliches hören
How do you pronounce "Zuhörerschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zuhörerschaft" is [ˈt͡suːhøːʁɐʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zuhörerschaft" come from?
"Zuhörerschaft" 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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Using “Zuhörerschaft”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is Z-U-H-Ö-R-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈt͡suːhøːʁɐʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list