Zungenbrecher
[ˈt͡sʊŋənˌbʁɛçɐ]
The verdict
“Zungenbrecher” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort oder Wortverbindung, welche beim Aussprechen Probleme bereitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-zungenbrecher · Zungenbrecher · German
Zungenbrecher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Zungenbrecher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sʊŋənˌbʁɛçɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zungenbrecher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zungenbrecher is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sʊŋənˌbʁɛçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort oder Wortverbindung, welche beim Aussprechen Probleme bereitet".
Zungenbrecher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zungenbrecher, spelled Z-U-N-G-E-N-B-R-E-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Wort oder Wortverbindung, welche beim Aussprechen Probleme bereitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zungenbrecher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schaffst du es, diesen Zungenbrecher fehlerfrei auszusprechen?
„Im dichten Fichtendickicht sind dicke Fichten wichtig.“ ist ein Zungenbrecher.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.