saust
[zaʊ̯st]
The verdict
“saust” is uncommon German (frequency #84,508 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,508
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sauen
Corpus desk
Index DE-saust · saust · German
saust · rank #84,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,508
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Saunen
Nearest frequency peer: Saunen (-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 „saust“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sandsäcke
Sandsäcke
15,498 corpus weight
- Saragossa
Saragossa
15,497 corpus weight
- Sauerbraten
Sauerbraten
15,495 corpus weight
- Saunen
Saunen
15,494 corpus weight
- saust
saust
15,493 corpus weight
- scarecrow
scarecrow
15,491 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „saust“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [zaʊ̯st] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „saust“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
saust is uncommon German at frequency #84,508 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [zaʊ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sauen".
Zero misspellings are on record for saust in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is saust, spelled S-A-U-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sauen
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.
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