zaghaften

[ˈt͡saːkhaftn̩]

/[ˈt͡saːkhaftn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“zaghaften” is uncommon German (frequency #97,989 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,989
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-zaghaften · zaghaften · German

zaghaften · rank #97,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,989
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH würdigten

Nearest frequency peer: würdigten (-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 „zaghaften“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zaghaften
PropertyValue
Headwordzaghaften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈt͡saːkhaftn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#97,989
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zaghaften“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zaghaftenfällt 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: „würdigten“ (#97,988), „Zahncreme“ (#97,990), „Zahnmediziner“ (#97,991). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zaghaften“ bei #97,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zaghaften is uncommon German at frequency #97,989 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡saːkhaftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zaghaften, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zaghaften, spelled Z-A-G-H-A-F-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft

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 "zaghaften"?
"zaghaften" is spelled Z-A-G-H-A-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡saːkhaftn̩].
What does "zaghaften" mean?
As an adjective, "zaghaften" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zaghaft
How do you pronounce "zaghaften"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zaghaften" is [ˈt͡saːkhaftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zaghaften", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

würdigten#97,988Zahncreme#97,990zeitnahen#97,995Wortmarke#97,980

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list