Zwirn
[t͡svɪʁn]
The verdict
“Zwirn” is uncommon German (frequency #58,491 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,491
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faden, der aus mehreren zusammengedrehten Garnen besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwirn · Zwirn · German
Zwirn · rank #58,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,491
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zwangspause
Nearest frequency peer: Zwangspause (-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 „Zwirn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zuständiger
Zuständiger
41,513 corpus weight
- zwanglos
zwanglos
41,512 corpus weight
- Zwangspause
Zwangspause
41,511 corpus weight
- Zwirn
Zwirn
41,510 corpus weight
- Zwischenhän…
Zwischenhändler
41,509 corpus weight
- Äquivalenz
Äquivalenz
41,508 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwirn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwirn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡svɪʁn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwirn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwirn is uncommon German at frequency #58,491 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡svɪʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zwirn in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zwirn, spelled Z-W-I-R-N.
Definition
- 1Faden, der aus mehreren zusammengedrehten Garnen besteht
- 2Stoff aus [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwirn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Chefin greift auch selbst gern zu Nadel und Zwirn und führt nicht nur Änderungen durch, sondern schneidert ihre eigenen Kollektionen.“
„Andere hockten auf dem Boden, man sah, wie sie Zwirn in die Nadeln zu fädeln meinten und Stich um Stich an einem Wäschestück nähten, das nicht vorhanden war.“
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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