zehrt

[t͡seːɐ̯t]

/[t͡seːɐ̯t]/ verb

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The verdict

“zehrt” is uncommon German (frequency #62,117 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,117
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zehren

Corpus desk

Index DE-zehrt · zehrt · German

zehrt · rank #62,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,117
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zeitaufwendig

Nearest frequency peer: zeitaufwendig (+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 „zehrt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zehrt
PropertyValue
Headwordzehrt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡seːɐ̯t]
Letters5
Frequency rank#62,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zehrt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.zehrtfällt 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: „zeitaufwendig“ (#62,118), „Wülfrath“ (#62,115), „Zentralrats“ (#62,119). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zehrt“ bei #62,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zehrt is uncommon German at frequency #62,117 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡seːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zehrt, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zehrt, spelled Z-E-H-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zehren
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zehren
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zehren

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 "zehrt"?
"zehrt" is spelled Z-E-H-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡seːɐ̯t].
What does "zehrt" mean?
As a verb, "zehrt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs zehren
How do you pronounce "zehrt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zehrt" is [t͡seːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zehrt" come from?
"zehrt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wippe#62,103Wasen#62,083acres#62,158Votze#62,072

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list