Zwischenkriegszeit
[ˈt͡svɪʃn̩kʁiːksˌt͡saɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Zwischenkriegszeit” is uncommon German (frequency #53,412 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,412
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zeitraum zwischen zwei Kriegen, speziell zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwischenkriegszeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɪʃn̩kʁiːksˌt͡saɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #53,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zwischenkriegszeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zwischenkriegszeit is uncommon German at frequency #53,412 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svɪʃn̩kʁiːksˌt͡saɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeitraum zwischen zwei Kriegen, speziell zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zwischenkriegszeit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Zwischenkriegszeit, spelled Z-W-I-S-C-H-E-N-K-R-I-E-G-S-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zeitraum zwischen zwei Kriegen, speziell zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen
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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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Using “Zwischenkriegszeit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-W-I-S-C-H-E-N-K-R-I-E-G-S-Z-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.