zerzaust
[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈt͡saʊ̯st]
The verdict
“zerzaust” is uncommon German (frequency #83,557 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,557
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist in Bezug auf Haare oder Gefieder: unordentlich, kreuz und quer
Corpus desk
Index DE-zerzaust · zerzaust · German
zerzaust · rank #83,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,557
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zerstörst
Nearest frequency peer: zerstörst (-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 „zerzaust“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zersplitter…
zersplitterte
16,447 corpus weight
- zerstreuten
zerstreuten
16,446 corpus weight
- zerstörst
zerstörst
16,445 corpus weight
- zerzaust
zerzaust
16,444 corpus weight
- Zinnober
Zinnober
16,443 corpus weight
- Zinseszins
Zinseszins
16,442 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zerzaust“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zerzaust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈt͡saʊ̯st] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zerzaust“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zerzaust is uncommon German at frequency #83,557 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈt͡saʊ̯st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist in Bezug auf Haare oder Gefieder: unordentlich, kreuz und quer".
zerzaust doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zerzaust, spelled Z-E-R-Z-A-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1meist in Bezug auf Haare oder Gefieder: unordentlich, kreuz und quer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zerzaust appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Büro ist sie sonst immer so ordentlich frisiert, aber heute sehen ihre Haare ziemlich zerzaust und durcheinander aus.“
46 Jahre alt ist Carola Thimm heute. Sympathisch zerzaust stehen ihr die blonden Locken in alle Richtungen vom Kopf.
Antonyms
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); 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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