zu viel
[ˈt͡suː fiːl]
The verdict
“zu viel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so über ein bestimmtes Maß hinaus, dass es schädlich/unbekömmlich/unangenehm wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-zu-viel · zu viel · German
zu viel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | zu viel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suː fiːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zu viel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zu viel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈt͡suː fiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so über ein bestimmtes Maß hinaus, dass es schädlich/unbekömmlich/unangenehm wird".
zu viel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zu viel, spelled Z-U- -V-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1so über ein bestimmtes Maß hinaus, dass es schädlich/unbekömmlich/unangenehm wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zu viel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist mir alles zu viel.
Ich habe zu viel gegessen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.