zwölfmal

[ˈt͡svœlfmaːl]

/[ˈt͡svœlfmaːl]/ num

The verdict

“zwölfmal” is uncommon German (frequency #83,589 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,589
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwölf Male; elfmal und ein weiteres Mal

Corpus desk

Index DE-zwolfmal · zwölfmal · German

zwölfmal · rank #83,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,589
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zwischentöne

Nearest frequency peer: Zwischentöne (-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 „zwölfmal“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zwölfmal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zwölfmal
PropertyValue
Headwordzwölfmal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[ˈt͡svœlfmaːl]
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,589
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zwölfmal“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zwölfmalfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zwischentöne“ (#83,588), „zypressen“ (#83,590), „zwicken“ (#83,587). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zwölfmal“ bei #83,589. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zwölfmal is uncommon German at frequency #83,589 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed [ˈt͡svœlfmaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zwölf Male; elfmal und ein weiteres Mal".

zwölfmal has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 zwölfmal, spelled Z-W-Ö-L-F-M-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    zwölf Male; elfmal und ein weiteres Mal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how zwölfmal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Uganda hat seit 1956 zwölfmal an Olympischen Spielen teilgenommen.“
  2. Zwölfmal haben Chirurgen der Helios-Kliniken im vergangenen Jahr bei Operationen Dinge im Körper eines Patienten zurückgelassen, die dort nicht hingehören: Bohrerspitzen, Kompressen, Schlauchstücke, Tupfer.

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 "zwölfmal"?
"zwölfmal" is spelled Z-W-Ö-L-F-M-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡svœlfmaːl].
What does "zwölfmal" mean?
As a numeral, "zwölfmal" means: zwölf Male; elfmal und ein weiteres Mal
How do you pronounce "zwölfmal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zwölfmal" is [ˈt͡svœlfmaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zwölfmal" come from?
"zwölfmal" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zwölfmal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list