Zwickel
[ˈt͡svɪkl̩]
The verdict
“Zwickel” is uncommon German (frequency #83,586 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,586
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dreieckige , ebene oder sphärische Fläche, insbesondere mit zwei geraden und einer konkav gebogen Seite; ein Körper mit einem dreiecksförmigen Querschnitt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwickel · Zwickel · German
Zwickel · rank #83,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,586
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zweckes
Nearest frequency peer: Zweckes (-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 „Zwickel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zuwiderhand…
Zuwiderhandlungen
16,418 corpus weight
- zwanghafte
zwanghafte
16,417 corpus weight
- Zweckes
Zweckes
16,416 corpus weight
- Zwickel
Zwickel
16,415 corpus weight
- zwicken
zwicken
16,414 corpus weight
- Zwischentöne
Zwischentöne
16,413 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwickel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwickel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɪkl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwickel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwickel is uncommon German at frequency #83,586 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svɪkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zwickel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Zwickel, spelled Z-W-I-C-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1dreieckige , ebene oder sphärische Fläche, insbesondere mit zwei geraden und einer konkav gebogen Seite; ein Körper mit einem dreiecksförmigen Querschnitt
- 2keilförmiger Einsatz an Kleidungsstücken
- 3sonderbarer oder seltsamer Mensch
- 4spezieller Zapfhahn zur Verprobung des Jungbieres
- 5eine Zwei-DM- oder Zwei-Euro-Münze
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwickel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Zwickel wird oft eine kleine dreiecksförmige (Rest-)Fläche bezeichnet. Einen räumlicher Zwickel stellt etwa die dreieckige Abseite dar, die entsteht, wenn in einem Dachboden zwischen Fußboden und Dachschräge eine halbhohe Wand (Drempel) eingezogen wird.
Diese Strumpfhose hat ja einen Zwickel.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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