Personenzug
[pɛʁˈzoːnənˌt͡suːk]
The verdict
“Personenzug” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eisenbahnzug zum Transport von Personen (und nicht von Gütern)
Corpus desk
Index DE-personenzug · Personenzug · German
Personenzug · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Personenzug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌt͡suːk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Personenzug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Personenzug is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁˈzoːnənˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Personenzug, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Personenzug, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-E-N-Z-U-G.
Definition
- 1Eisenbahnzug zum Transport von Personen (und nicht von Gütern)
- 2Zug im Nahverkehr, der auf allen Unterwegsstationen (Bahnhöfen, Haltepunkten) hält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Personenzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch Göttingen fahren jeden Tag viele Personenzüge.
„Zwar gibt es nicht nur die Transporte zur Ausreise; sondern dann und wann verkehren auch schon wieder richtige Personenzüge.“
Antonyms
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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.