losziehen

[ˈloːsˌt͡siːən]

/[ˈloːsˌt͡siːən]/ verb

The verdict

“losziehen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,933 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,933
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu einer gemeinsamen amüsanten Unternehmung aufbrechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-losziehen · losziehen · German

losziehen · rank #75,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,933
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lottogewinn

Nearest frequency peer: Lottogewinn (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „losziehen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „losziehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for losziehen
PropertyValue
Headwordlosziehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈloːsˌt͡siːən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,933
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „losziehen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).losziehenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lottogewinn“ (#75,934), „Listenpreis“ (#75,931), „Luftmatratze“ (#75,937). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „losziehen“ bei #75,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

losziehen is uncommon German at frequency #75,933 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈloːsˌt͡siːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for losziehen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 losziehen, spelled L-O-S-Z-I-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu einer gemeinsamen amüsanten Unternehmung aufbrechen
  2. 2
    sich über jemanden oder etwas schimpfend äußern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bei der Verleihung der Emmy Awards am Montagabend klärte er die Journalisten über den Stand der Dinge auf: „Sie sind einfach losgezogen und haben geheiratet und ich weiß nicht, wo das Problem liegt.“
  2. Der Pensionist aus dem Bezirk Linz-Land war am Montag zum Pilzesammeln in den Wald gefahren, hatte sein Auto neben der Fahrbahn abgestellt und war zu Fuß losgezogen.

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "losziehen"?
"losziehen" is spelled L-O-S-Z-I-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈloːsˌt͡siːən].
What does "losziehen" mean?
As a verb, "losziehen" means: zu einer gemeinsamen amüsanten Unternehmung aufbrechen
How do you pronounce "losziehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "losziehen" is [ˈloːsˌt͡siːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "losziehen" come from?
"losziehen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "losziehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list