zauberte
[ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐtə]
The verdict
“zauberte” is uncommon German (frequency #81,195 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,195
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zaubern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zauberte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐtə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zauberte” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zauberte is uncommon German at frequency #81,195 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for zauberte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zauberte, spelled Z-A-U-B-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zaubern
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zaubern
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zaubern
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs zaubern
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.
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Using “zauberte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-A-U-B-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.