Zwangspause
[ˈt͡svaŋsˌpaʊ̯zə]
The verdict
“Zwangspause” is uncommon German (frequency #58,490 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,490
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch äußere Umstände erzwungene, unfreiwillige Pause
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwangspause · Zwangspause · German
Zwangspause · rank #58,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,490
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zwanglos
Nearest frequency peer: zwanglos (-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 „Zwangspause“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zusammengeh…
zusammengehören
41,514 corpus weight
- Zuständiger
Zuständiger
41,513 corpus weight
- zwanglos
zwanglos
41,512 corpus weight
- Zwangspause
Zwangspause
41,511 corpus weight
- Zwirn
Zwirn
41,510 corpus weight
- Zwischenhän…
Zwischenhändler
41,509 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwangspause“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwangspause |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaŋsˌpaʊ̯zə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwangspause“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwangspause is uncommon German at frequency #58,490 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svaŋsˌpaʊ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch äußere Umstände erzwungene, unfreiwillige Pause".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zwangspause in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Zwangspause, spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-P-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1durch äußere Umstände erzwungene, unfreiwillige Pause
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwangspause appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fußball-Nationalspieler Holger Badstuber muss schon wieder eine monatelange Zwangspause einlegen. Der Abwehrspieler vom FC Bayern München erleidet einen Riss des Oberschenkelmuskels und muss operiert werden.
„Mein ursprünglicher Plan war es gewesen, mit dieser Woge zu reisen, doch mein Aufenthalt im Quellgebiet hatte zu lange gedauert, und die Zwangspause in Bamako hatte ein Übriges getan.“
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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