Zwicker
[ˈt͡svɪkɐ]
The verdict
“Zwicker” is uncommon German (frequency #98,014 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,014
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brille, die keine Bügel hat und nur auf die Nase geklemmt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwicker · Zwicker · German
Zwicker · rank #98,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,014
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zweiteilig
Nearest frequency peer: zweiteilig (-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 „Zwicker“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zweideutige
zweideutige
1,990 corpus weight
- zweistufigen
zweistufigen
1,989 corpus weight
- zweiteilig
zweiteilig
1,988 corpus weight
- Zwicker
Zwicker
1,987 corpus weight
- Änderungswü…
Änderungswünsche
1,983 corpus weight
- Ärztemangel
Ärztemangel
1,982 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwicker“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwicker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɪkɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwicker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwicker is uncommon German at frequency #98,014 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svɪkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Zwicker in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Zwicker, spelled Z-W-I-C-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Brille, die keine Bügel hat und nur auf die Nase geklemmt wird
- 2eine etwas einfachere Variante des Edelzwickers, die aus einem Cuveé der einfachen Grundtrauben Gutedel und Silvaner hergestellt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwicker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwicker sind im 20. Jahrhundert aus der Mode gekommen.
„Frau Grünberg, eine Frau mit wirrem Haar und einem Zwicker, hörte ihn geduldig an.“
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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