Zwergschimpanse
[ˈt͡svɛʁkʃɪmˌpanzə]
The verdict
“Zwergschimpanse” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (in den zentralafrikanischen Regenwald-Gebieten südlich des Kongo beheimatete) Menschenaffen-Art (Pan paniscus) mit braunschwarzem Haarkleid, die nur unwesentlich kleiner ist und einen schlankeren ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwergschimpanse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɛʁkʃɪmˌpanzə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zwergschimpanse” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zwergschimpanse is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svɛʁkʃɪmˌpanzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(in den zentralafrikanischen Regenwald-Gebieten südlich des Kongo beheimatete) Menschenaffen-Art (Pan paniscus) mit braunschwarzem Haarkleid, die nur unwesentlich kleiner ist und einen schlankeren ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Zwergschimpanse in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Zwergschimpanse, spelled Z-W-E-R-G-S-C-H-I-M-P-A-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1(in den zentralafrikanischen Regenwald-Gebieten südlich des Kongo beheimatete) Menschenaffen-Art (Pan paniscus) mit braunschwarzem Haarkleid, die nur unwesentlich kleiner ist und einen schlankeren Körperbau mit längeren Gliedmaßen und weniger hervorspringendem Kiefer besitzt als ihre nahverwandte Geschwisterart des Schimpansen
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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.
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Using “Zwergschimpanse”
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- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-E-R-G-S-C-H-I-M-P-A-N-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.