Langzug
[ˈlaŋˌt͡suːk]
The verdict
“Langzug” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (U- oder S-)Bahn-Garnitur, welche mehr als die übliche Länge aufweist
Corpus desk
Index DE-langzug · Langzug · German
Langzug · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | Langzug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlaŋˌt͡suːk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Langzug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Langzug is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlaŋˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(U- oder S-)Bahn-Garnitur, welche mehr als die übliche Länge aufweist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Langzug, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Langzug, spelled L-A-N-G-Z-U-G.
Definition
- 1(U- oder S-)Bahn-Garnitur, welche mehr als die übliche Länge aufweist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Langzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Langzüge haben vorn drei Loks, dann 100 Waggons, in der Mitte eine Lok, noch mal 100 Waggons, hinten wieder eine Lok.“
„Die Frage, ob die S-Bahn Voll- oder Langzüge einsetze, bleibe freilich dem Unternehmen selbst überlassen.“
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.