festziehen

[ˈfɛstˌt͡siːən]

/[ˈfɛstˌt͡siːən]/ verb

The verdict

“festziehen” 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) - etwas fest anziehen oder zusammenziehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-festziehen · festziehen · German

festziehen · 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.

Key facts for festziehen
PropertyValue
Headwordfestziehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɛstˌt͡siːən]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „festziehen“ im Deutschen

festziehensitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

festziehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌt͡siːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas fest anziehen oder zusammenziehen".

festziehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 festziehen, spelled F-E-S-T-Z-I-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas fest anziehen oder zusammenziehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lässt sich eine Schraube nicht mehr festziehen oder herausschrauben, ist in der Regel eines der beiden Gewinde überdreht.
  2. Ziehen Sie den Gurt solange durch, bis er straff um die zu befestigenden Gegenstände liegt. So spannen Sie den Zurrgurt vor, bevor Sie ihn mithilfe der Ratsche ganz festziehen.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "festziehen"?
"festziehen" is spelled F-E-S-T-Z-I-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌt͡siːən].
What does "festziehen" mean?
As a verb, "festziehen" means: etwas fest anziehen oder zusammenziehen
How do you pronounce "festziehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festziehen" is [ˈfɛstˌt͡siːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festziehen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list