Zwitter
[ˈt͡svɪtɐ]
The verdict
“Zwitter” is uncommon German (frequency #65,928 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,928
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebewesen, das sowohl männliche als auch weibliche Geschlechtsmerkmale aufweist
Corpus desk
Index DE-zwitter · Zwitter · German
Zwitter · rank #65,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,928
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zweiteilige
Nearest frequency peer: zweiteilige (-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 „Zwitter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zuschauerin
Zuschauerin
34,076 corpus weight
- zweitbester
zweitbester
34,075 corpus weight
- zweiteilige
zweiteilige
34,074 corpus weight
- Zwitter
Zwitter
34,073 corpus weight
- zyklische
zyklische
34,072 corpus weight
- zünde
zünde
34,071 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Zwitter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zwitter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡svɪtɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zwitter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zwitter is uncommon German at frequency #65,928 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡svɪtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zwitter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Zwitter, spelled Z-W-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lebewesen, das sowohl männliche als auch weibliche Geschlechtsmerkmale aufweist
- 2Gebilde aus widersprüchlichen Teilen bestehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zwitter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Mai 2000 beantragte Michel die Streichung der Randvermerke im Geburtenbuch sowie die Eintragung der Geschlechtsbezeichnung „Zwitter", behelfsweise „Hermaphrodit", „intersexuell" oder „intrasexuell".
„Die Entscheidung, ob ein Wurm zum Männchen oder zum Zwitter wird, hängt von der Anzahl der X-Chromosomen ab.“
Synonyms
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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