fußen
[ˈfuːsn̩]
The verdict
“fußen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich auf etwas stützen, sich auf etwas gründen, auf etwas beruhen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fußen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfuːsn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fußen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for fußen is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfuːsn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sich auf etwas stützen, sich auf etwas gründen, auf etwas beruhen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fußen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 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 fußen, spelled F-U-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich auf etwas stützen, sich auf etwas gründen, auf etwas beruhen
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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.
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Using “fußen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-S-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfuːsn̩] (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
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.