Zwangslage
[ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə]
The verdict
“Zwangslage” is uncommon German (frequency #69,932 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,932
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine schwierige Situation, in der man zu einem bestimmten Verhalten, einer bestimmten Tat gezwungen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwangslage · Zwangslage · German
Zwangslage · rank #69,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,932
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zuvorkommen
Nearest frequency peer: zuvorkommen (-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 „Zwangslage“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zusammenflu…
Zusammenfluss
30,072 corpus weight
- Zuschreibun…
Zuschreibungen
30,071 corpus weight
- zuvorkommen
zuvorkommen
30,070 corpus weight
- Zwangslage
Zwangslage
30,069 corpus weight
- Zwiegespräch
Zwiegespräch
30,067 corpus weight
- zwiespältig
zwiespältig
30,066 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwangslage“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwangslage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwangslage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwangslage is uncommon German at frequency #69,932 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svaŋsˌlaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zwangslage in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Zwangslage, spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1eine schwierige Situation, in der man zu einem bestimmten Verhalten, einer bestimmten Tat gezwungen ist
- 2eine beim Schweißen durch die Werkstücke vorgegebene, nicht veränderbare Lage
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwangslage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Einmal, in einer echten Zwangslage, hat Micha dann doch versucht, Miriams Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zu lenken.“
„In einer solchen Zwangslage kann ein Unternehmen versuchen, mit technologischen Mitteln den Einsatz von Rohstoffen zu vermindern. “
Synonyms
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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