Zeugung

[ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]

/[ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Zeugung” is uncommon German (frequency #55,883 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,883
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Befruchtung einer Eizelle durch ein Spermium

Corpus desk

Index DE-zeugung · Zeugung · German

Zeugung · rank #55,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,883
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zerrissenheit

Nearest frequency peer: Zerrissenheit (-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 „Zeugung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zeugung
PropertyValue
HeadwordZeugung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,883
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Zeugung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Zeugungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zerrissenheit“ (#55,882), „Zivilist“ (#55,884), „zeitweiligen“ (#55,881). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „Zeugung“ bei #55,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zeugung is uncommon German at frequency #55,883 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Befruchtung einer Eizelle durch ein Spermium".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Zeugung in our index, 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Zeugung, spelled Z-E-U-G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Befruchtung einer Eizelle durch ein Spermium

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Zeugung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Zeugung eines Kindes will gut überlegt sein.
  2. „Verblüfft bemerkte ich, dass ich erstmals an den Vater mit vollem Namen dachte, an eine Person, die nicht nur durch Zeugung mit mir verbunden war – eine Person seiner Klasse: Hilfsarbeiter Josef Christoph Palm.“

Synonyms

BefruchtungFertilisationZeugungsaktEmpfängnis

This word in other languages

procreation(English)procréation(Français)procriaçao(Português)

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 "Zeugung"?
"Zeugung" is spelled Z-E-U-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ].
What does "Zeugung" mean?
As a noun, "Zeugung" means: die Befruchtung einer Eizelle durch ein Spermium
How do you pronounce "Zeugung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zeugung" is [ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zeugung" come from?
"Zeugung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zureden#55,889wandere#55,851vorwarf#55,847viralen#55,833

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list