Zerstäuber
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔɪ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“Zerstäuber” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - technische Vorrichtung, mit der Flüssigkeiten feinporig verteilt werden können
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerstauber · Zerstäuber · German
Zerstäuber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Zerstäuber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔɪ̯bɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zerstäuber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zerstäuber is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔɪ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "technische Vorrichtung, mit der Flüssigkeiten feinporig verteilt werden können".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zerstäuber in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Zerstäuber, spelled Z-E-R-S-T-Ä-U-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1technische Vorrichtung, mit der Flüssigkeiten feinporig verteilt werden können
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zerstäuber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie warf noch einen Blick in den Spiegel, dunkelte die Augenwinkel nach und drückte ein paarmal auf den Gummiball des Zerstäubers.“
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.