Zünften
[ˈt͡sʏnftn̩]
The verdict
“Zünften” is uncommon German (frequency #89,882 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,882
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Zunft
Corpus desk
Index DE-zunften · Zünften · German
Zünften · rank #89,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,882
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zündeln
Nearest frequency peer: zündeln (-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 „Zünften“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zweitälteste
zweitälteste
10,123 corpus weight
- zündeln
zündeln
10,120 corpus weight
- Zünften
Zünften
10,119 corpus weight
- zürn
zürn
10,118 corpus weight
- ähnlichsten
ähnlichsten
10,117 corpus weight
- Ärmchen
Ärmchen
10,116 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zünften“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zünften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʏnftn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zünften“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zünften is uncommon German at frequency #89,882 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʏnftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Zunft".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zünften, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Zünften, spelled Z-Ü-N-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Zunft
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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