Zwielicht
[ˈt͡sviːˌlɪçt]
The verdict
“Zwielicht” is uncommon German (frequency #52,613 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,613
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Licht, das sich in der Dämmerung einstellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwielicht · Zwielicht · German
Zwielicht · rank #52,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,613
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zusammenschni…
Nearest frequency peer: zusammenschnitt (-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 „Zwielicht“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zugerichtet
zugerichtet
47,391 corpus weight
- zurückrufen
zurückrufen
47,390 corpus weight
- zusammensch…
zusammenschnitt
47,389 corpus weight
- Zwielicht
Zwielicht
47,388 corpus weight
- zynischen
zynischen
47,387 corpus weight
- ängstlichen
ängstlichen
47,386 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwielicht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwielicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sviːˌlɪçt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwielicht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwielicht is uncommon German at frequency #52,613 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sviːˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Zwielicht in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zwielicht, spelled Z-W-I-E-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Licht, das sich in der Dämmerung einstellt
- 2Licht, das zustande kommt, wenn gleichzeitig unterschiedliche Lichtquellen wahrgenommen werden
- 3unklarer Zustand, der oftmals Formen der Illegalität andeutet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwielicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Zwielicht kann man nicht gut lesen.
Nachdem sich ihre Augen an das Zwielicht gewöhnt hatten, konnte sie das Scheunetor am anderen Ende des Sattelplatzes ausmachen.
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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