Zündholzschachtel
[ˈt͡sʏnthɔlt͡sˌʃaxtl̩]
The verdict
“Zündholzschachtel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist quaderförmiger Behälter für Streichhölzer
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Index DE-zundholzschachtel · Zündholzschachtel · German
Zündholzschachtel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zündholzschachtel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʏnthɔlt͡sˌʃaxtl̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zündholzschachtel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zündholzschachtel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏnthɔlt͡sˌʃaxtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist quaderförmiger Behälter für Streichhölzer".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zündholzschachtel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Zündholzschachtel, spelled Z-Ü-N-D-H-O-L-Z-S-C-H-A-C-H-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1meist quaderförmiger Behälter für Streichhölzer
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zündholzschachtel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Anna trat zuerst in die Küche, fand sofort die Zündholzschachtel, die zugleich mit einem Leuchter stets auf dem Speiseschrank stand, und zündete die Kerze an.“
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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.