Zweisprachigkeit
[ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Zweisprachigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #87,323 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,323
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Beherrschung von zwei Sprachen durch einzelne Personen oder Personengruppen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zweisprachigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #87,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zweisprachigkeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zweisprachigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #87,323 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svaɪ̯ˌʃpʁaːxɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beherrschung von zwei Sprachen durch einzelne Personen oder Personengruppen".
Zweisprachigkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Zweisprachigkeit, spelled Z-W-E-I-S-P-R-A-C-H-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Beherrschung von zwei Sprachen durch einzelne Personen oder Personengruppen
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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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- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-E-I-S-P-R-A-C-H-I-G-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.