zweckdienlich
[ˈt͡svɛkˌdiːnlɪç]
The verdict
“zweckdienlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - nützlich für einen bestimmten Zweck
Corpus desk
Index DE-zweckdienlich · zweckdienlich · German
zweckdienlich · 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 | zweckdienlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɛkˌdiːnlɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zweckdienlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zweckdienlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡svɛkˌdiːnlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nützlich für einen bestimmten Zweck".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zweckdienlich in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 zweckdienlich, spelled Z-W-E-C-K-D-I-E-N-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nützlich für einen bestimmten Zweck
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zweckdienlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zweckdienliche Hinweise nimmt jede Polizeidienststelle entgegen.
Am zweckdienlichsten wäre natürlich, die zusätzlichen Geldmittel für die wirklich nötigsten Ausgaben einzusetzen.
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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.