Zagen
[ˈt͡saːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Zagen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefühl der Bange, Ungewissheit oder Angst
Corpus desk
Index DE-zagen · Zagen · German
Zagen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | Zagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zagen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gefühl der Bange, Ungewissheit oder Angst".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Zagen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Zagen, spelled Z-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gefühl der Bange, Ungewissheit oder Angst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für die ehrgeizige Frau, die sich schon mal kurzzeitig Hoffnung auf das Amt des Bundespräsidenten machen durfte, ist das kein Anlass für Zweifel, Zaudern oder Zagen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.