zaudernd
[ˈt͡saʊ̯dɐnt]
The verdict
“zaudernd” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich so unsicher fühlend, dass man keine Entscheidung trifft
Corpus desk
Index DE-zaudernd · zaudernd · German
zaudernd · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | zaudernd |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saʊ̯dɐnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zaudernd“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zaudernd is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡saʊ̯dɐnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich so unsicher fühlend, dass man keine Entscheidung trifft".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zaudernd in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zaudernd, spelled Z-A-U-D-E-R-N-D.
Definition
- 1sich so unsicher fühlend, dass man keine Entscheidung trifft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zaudernd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Noch zaudernd, was ich bestellen soll, blättere ich in der Speisekarte.
„Zaudernd schaute ich zu ihr hinüber: sollte ich sie, das Mädchen meiner Träume, ansprechen? Oder würde ich mich lächerlich machen?“
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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.