zwölfjährige

[ˈt͡svœlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]

/[ˈt͡svœlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“zwölfjährige” is uncommon German (frequency #54,269 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,269
frequency rank, German
37,643
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig

Key facts for zwölfjährige
PropertyValue
Headwordzwölfjährige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈt͡svœlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,269
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “zwölfjährige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). zwölfjährige lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zwölfjährige is uncommon German at frequency #54,269 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡svœlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zwölfjährige, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zwölfjährige, spelled Z-W-Ö-L-F-J-Ä-H-R-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zwölfjährige"?
"zwölfjährige" is spelled Z-W-Ö-L-F-J-Ä-H-R-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svœlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə].
What does "zwölfjährige" mean?
As an adjective, "zwölfjährige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zwölfjährig
How do you pronounce "zwölfjährige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zwölfjährige" is [ˈt͡svœlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zwölfjährige" come from?
"zwölfjährige" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “zwölfjährige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is Z-W-Ö-L-F-J-Ä-H-R-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈt͡svœlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list