Zwiebelfisch
German, noun/ˈt͡sviːbl̩ˌfɪʃ/
Zwiebelfisch is spelled Z-W-I-E-B-E-L-F-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwiebelfisch is a German masculine noun meaning “A character that is by mistake printed in a font different from the rest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein einzelner Buchstabe, der irrtümlich in einer anderen Schrift gesetzt wurde”.
What does Zwiebelfisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA character that is by mistake printed in a font different from the rest.
- 2
masculinemisprint
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein einzelner Buchstabe, der irrtümlich in einer anderen Schrift gesetzt wurde
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Zwiebelfisch
- Zwiebelfisches genitive
- Zwiebelfischs genitive
- Zwiebelfische plural
- Zwiebelfischen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zwiebelfisch?
- /ˈt͡sviːbl̩ˌfɪʃ/
- [ˈt͡sviːbl̩ˌfɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zwiebelfisch in German?
Zwiebelfisch appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).