festsaugen
[ˈfɛstˌzaʊ̯ɡn̩]
The verdict
“festsaugen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich durch Saugen verbinden/festsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-festsaugen · festsaugen · German
festsaugen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | festsaugen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstˌzaʊ̯ɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „festsaugen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
festsaugen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌzaʊ̯ɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich durch Saugen verbinden/festsetzen".
festsaugen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is festsaugen, spelled F-E-S-T-S-A-U-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich durch Saugen verbinden/festsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how festsaugen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein dicker, fleischiger Arm, wohl zwanzig Zentimeter im Durchmesser mit großen warzenähnlichen Saugnäpfen versehen, streckte sich etwa fünf Meter weit durch eins der Fenster heraus, und ehe der Ingenieur ihm entfliehen konnte, war er gepackt worden – das Tier hatte sich an dem Körper des Mannes festgesaugt.“
Synonyms
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.