zásah

[ˈzaːsax]

/[ˈzaːsax]/ noun

The verdict

“zásah” 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) - eine Aktion zur Unterbrechung oder zur Lenkung von etwas; Eingriff, Einmischung, Eingreifen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zasah · zásah · German

zásah · 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.

Key facts for zásah
PropertyValue
Headwordzásah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzaːsax]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zásah“ im Deutschen

zásahliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zásah is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaːsax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

zásah doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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. The correct German form is zásah, spelled Z-Á-S-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Aktion zur Unterbrechung oder zur Lenkung von etwas; Eingriff, Einmischung, Eingreifen
  2. 2
    ins Ziel treffender Schlag oder Schuss; Treffer, Einschlag
  3. 3
    Treffer; Schlag

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tento zásah do životního prostředí byl značně citelný a bezohledný.
  2. Zásah policie byl okamžitý.

Synonyms

zákrokintervenceakcezasáhnutítrefazasaženíúderrána

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zásah"?
"zásah" is spelled Z-Á-S-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaːsax].
What does "zásah" mean?
As a noun, "zásah" means: eine Aktion zur Unterbrechung oder zur Lenkung von etwas; Eingriff, Einmischung, Eingreifen
How do you pronounce "zásah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zásah" is [ˈzaːsax]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zásah" come from?
"zásah" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list