Zwangslage

/[ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#69,932

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Zwangslage is aGermannoun. It means: eine schwierige Situation, in der man zu einem bestimmten Verhalten, einer bestimmten Tat gezwungen ist Pronounced [ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə].

Key facts for Zwangslage
PropertyValue
HeadwordZwangslage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,932
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Zwangslage in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Zwangslage is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,932 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Zwangslage in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Zwangslage, spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-L-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine schwierige Situation, in der man zu einem bestimmten Verhalten, einer bestimmten Tat gezwungen ist
  2. 2
    eine beim Schweißen durch die Werkstücke vorgegebene, nicht veränderbare Lage

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #69,932 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Zwangslage"?
"Zwangslage" is spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə].
What does "Zwangslage" mean?
As a noun, "Zwangslage" means: eine schwierige Situation, in der man zu einem bestimmten Verhalten, einer bestimmten Tat gezwungen ist
How do you pronounce "Zwangslage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zwangslage" is [ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zwangslage" come from?
"Zwangslage" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.