Zwischenfrage
[ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Zwischenfrage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frage, die bei einer Kommunikation dazwischengeschoben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwischenfrage · Zwischenfrage · German
Zwischenfrage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwischenfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwischenfrage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwischenfrage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frage, die bei einer Kommunikation dazwischengeschoben wird".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Zwischenfrage, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Zwischenfrage, spelled Z-W-I-S-C-H-E-N-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Frage, die bei einer Kommunikation dazwischengeschoben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwischenfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit nervösem Kichern brachte er seine kurze Zwischenfrage vor.“.
„Und ohne sich durch irgendwelche Zwischenfragen unterbrechen zu lassen, erzählte sie, was sie noch keinem Menschen erzählt hatte: alles, was sie in diesen drei Wochen unterwegs und in Jaroslawl durchgemacht hatte.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.