zeitraubend
[ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌʁaʊ̯bn̩t]
The verdict
“zeitraubend” is uncommon German (frequency #99,370 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,370
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr viel oder zu viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmend, sehr viel oder zu viel Zeit benötigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-zeitraubend · zeitraubend · German
zeitraubend · rank #99,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,370
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH Zeitpläne
Nearest frequency peer: Zeitpläne (-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 „zeitraubend“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zeichnern
Zeichnern
634 corpus weight
- Zeitform
Zeitform
633 corpus weight
- Zeitpläne
Zeitpläne
632 corpus weight
- zeitraubend
zeitraubend
631 corpus weight
- Zellwand
Zellwand
630 corpus weight
- zerfetzte
zerfetzte
628 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zeitraubend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zeitraubend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌʁaʊ̯bn̩t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zeitraubend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zeitraubend is uncommon German at frequency #99,370 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌʁaʊ̯bn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr viel oder zu viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmend, sehr viel oder zu viel Zeit benötigend".
Zero misspellings are on record for zeitraubend in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zeitraubend, spelled Z-E-I-T-R-A-U-B-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1sehr viel oder zu viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmend, sehr viel oder zu viel Zeit benötigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zeitraubend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Noch dazu musste Cook den schmeichelhaften, aber zeitraubenden Verpflichtungen nachkommen, die seiner wachsenden Berühmtheit geschuldet waren.“
Die Arbeit war sehr zeitraubend.
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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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