Urzustand

[ˈuːɐ̯ˌt͡suːʃtant]

/[ˈuːɐ̯ˌt͡suːʃtant]/ noun

The verdict

“Urzustand” is uncommon German (frequency #97,883 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,883
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ursprünglicher Zustand

Corpus desk

Index DE-urzustand · Urzustand · German

Urzustand · rank #97,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,883
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Urteilsfindung

Nearest frequency peer: Urteilsfindung (-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 „Urzustand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Urzustand
PropertyValue
HeadwordUrzustand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuːɐ̯ˌt͡suːʃtant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,883
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Urzustand“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Urzustandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Urteilsfindung“ (#97,882), „ure“ (#97,881), „Velodrom“ (#97,885). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Urzustand“ bei #97,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Urzustand is uncommon German at frequency #97,883 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːɐ̯ˌt͡suːʃtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Urzustand, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Urzustand, spelled U-R-Z-U-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    ursprünglicher Zustand
  2. 2
    ursprünglicher Zustand

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Unmittelbarkeit der Gottesbeziehung, die im Urzustand existierte, wird wiederhergestellt, der Graben zwischen Gott und den Menschen ist wieder geschlossen.“
  2. „Da der Urzustand viel weniger die Ausgangsposition einer Vertragsverhandlung als eine Perspektive ist, die jeder Einzelne zur Überprüfung der Gerechtigkeit institutioneller Strukturen einnehmen soll, bildet Rawls’ postmetaphysisches Theoriedesign Kants Zwei-Welten-Dualismus nach. Die Spannung zwischen der am Urzustand geschulten moralischen und selbstint…

Antonyms

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 "Urzustand"?
"Urzustand" is spelled U-R-Z-U-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuːɐ̯ˌt͡suːʃtant].
What does "Urzustand" mean?
As a noun, "Urzustand" means: ursprünglicher Zustand
How do you pronounce "Urzustand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Urzustand" is [ˈuːɐ̯ˌt͡suːʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Urzustand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Urzustand", 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