schaufeltet zu
[ˌʃaʊ̯fl̩tət ˈt͡suː]
The verdict
“schaufeltet zu” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zuschaufeln
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schaufeltet zu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʃaʊ̯fl̩tət ˈt͡suː] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schaufeltet zu” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schaufeltet zu is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʃaʊ̯fl̩tət ˈt͡suː]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for schaufeltet zu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schaufeltet zu, spelled S-C-H-A-U-F-E-L-T-E-T- -Z-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zuschaufeln
- 22. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs zuschaufeln
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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- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-A-U-F-E-L-T-E-T- -Z-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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