Eilzug
[ˈaɪ̯lˌt͡suːk]
The verdict
“Eilzug” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - früher übliche Bezeichnung für einen Personenzug im Nahverkehr, der nur an den wichtigeren Bahnhöfen der Strecke hielt
Corpus desk
Index DE-eilzug · Eilzug · German
Eilzug · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Eilzug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯lˌt͡suːk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eilzug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eilzug is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯lˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "früher übliche Bezeichnung für einen Personenzug im Nahverkehr, der nur an den wichtigeren Bahnhöfen der Strecke hielt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Eilzug in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Eilzug, spelled E-I-L-Z-U-G.
Definition
- 1früher übliche Bezeichnung für einen Personenzug im Nahverkehr, der nur an den wichtigeren Bahnhöfen der Strecke hielt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eilzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch Göttingen fahren keine Eilzüge mehr.
„In Traben-Trarbach haben wir dann unsere Rucksäcke beim Bahnhofsvorsteher abgeholt, und dann sind wir mit einem Eilzug nach Trier gefahren.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.