zubewegen
[ˈt͡suːbəˌveːɡn̩]
The verdict
“zubewegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich einem Ziel nähern, das man ansteuert
Corpus desk
Index DE-zubewegen · zubewegen · German
zubewegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | zubewegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt͡suːbəˌveːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zubewegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zubewegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt͡suːbəˌveːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zubewegen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 zubewegen, spelled Z-U-B-E-W-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich einem Ziel nähern, das man ansteuert
- 2etwas so bewegen, dass es einem Ziel näherkommt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zubewegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vielleicht ist es nur ein Meteorit, denn er scheint sich genau auf die Erde zuzubewegen.“
„Positionen von gestern warten darauf, kritisch überprüft zu werden, damit Gräben zugeschüttet und neue Wege beschritten werden können. Gelingen kann das nur, wenn alle Seiten sich gleichzeitig aufeinander zubewegen.“
Antonyms
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.